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Quick ReadMarie Salerno says she is offering what she learned when a divorce when her children were young forced her back in the workforce

Marie Salerno, Jericho public schools

Photo credit: Danielle Finkelstein for Newsday | Marie Salerno, a Jericho School District employee, is the founder of the Jericho Project for the Advancement of Women. (August 2009)

Ten years ago, Marie Salerno said, she was "lost and desperate" as a divorce was forcing the then stay-at-home mom to find a job, care for two small children and master the intricacies of her personal finances. At the time, she said, she had no pension and no idea even of what an IRA was.

But friends and, eventually, new colleagues, stepped in, the former helping her create a spreadsheet of...

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