When signing up for Backpack, you should enter your own personal information, the account is for you. This includes your name, date of birth, and other identifying details used for identity verification.
If you're using a 529 plan, it's best for the 529 plan owner to create the Backpack account. This is required for Capital Group and Vanguard 529 plans. For other 529 plans, it’s fine if someone else (like a parent or guardian) creates the account, as long as the student listed in the Backpack “Student Profile” matches the beneficiary on the 529 plan.
Key tips:
Enter your info - not your student’s -when creating the account.
You’ll add your student later by creating a “Student Profile.”
Matching the student and 529 beneficiary is most important thing.