In honor of Women's History Month, I am joined by the amazing Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz! You may know her as the daughter of Charles Schwab, but Carrie is a very passionate and active leader in the financial literacy space herself. Carrie is a CFP and the current President & Board Chair at Charles Schwab Foundation. In this episode she dives into sto…

Teri Ijeoma is the creator of the Trade and Travel Course, which is the #1 selling course on Teachable and has made Teri a multi-millionaire. The course teaches people how to make $1,000 a day by trading in the stock market using a step-by-step framework. In this conversation Teri shares why she developed the course and how she makes financial deci…

This week we hear from the awe-inspiring Poulomi Damany, who I first heard speak at a virtual event back in 2018 when she was the VP of Product Management at Credit Karma. Not only has she since moved to the role of General Manager of Assets and Tax at Credit Karma, (#levelup) but she has continued to be one of the leading women of color in tech th…

Eryn Schultz became passionate about helping women with MBA's achieve their financial goals while completing her own MBA at Harvard Business School. She learned that women own only $0.32 for every $1.00 owned by men and in her own MBA program she realized that she learned to manage a corporation's finances but not her own. Eryn became motivated to …

Isabella is hands-down one of the coolest people I've ever met! A true independent thinker and free spirit who knew early on that urban living in NYC was not where she would thrive. Isabella moved to California and has been living in her van for years in order to make payments of $2,000 or more every month. She is officially debt-free as of October…

This is the 4th episode that highlights a Latina in honor of Latinx Heritage Month and it was such a fun chat with Gina from @inanewyorkbudget. Gina is such a real one - she shares her reflections about growing up "spoiled" where her parents would get her the things she wanted and she never thought much about the money. Once she was old enough to b…

Vanessa Salas Collins is a high school teacher in California who is also an advocate for a required financial literacy class in school. She breaks down what she teaches to her students in her financial education class and tells us why it's such a challenge to make personal finance required in school. She also dives into her personal story as a firs…

Officially 1 week into Latinx Heritage Month and I am PUMPED to highlight the inspiring story of Delyanne Barros, a money coach who created a business and launched an online course (Slay the Stock Market) that have now generated over $1 million in revenue! Talk about inspiring us to get our money right! She's one of the MOST relatable content creat…

Maribel is a recent college grad whose family is based in California and has Mexican roots. She is very proud of being Latina and wants everyone in the Latinx community, especially the Spanish speaking population to know that investing to build wealth is for them, too! She strives to make her content inclusive and accessible by posting everything i…

Bernadette Joy is the CEO of Crush Your Money Goals. After meeting at FinCon a few years ago she and I finally had the time to sit and talk about her story, her business and future goals. Bernadette talks about her shopping philosophy and how to use her rule of thumb to make sure you shop reasonably! Follow Bernadette here: https://www.instagram.co…

This week's episode is INCREDIBLE!!! Briana, aka Bri, is the co-founder of a nonprofit called The Prosp(a)rity Project (TPP). Just a few months into the pandemic, Bri hatched the idea for TPP and hired a team to launch this supportive community that helps college-educated Black women pay down student loan debt by granting them up to $40,000 in aid …

After connecting with her in a slack group, I knew Sofie had a story that needed to be shared widely! A first-gen Latina, Sofia Bastida had very supportive parents who wanted to her to pursue what they had not - graduate college and get her degree. This was a dream they wanted her to fulfill at any cost and it put them over $100,000 in debt from st…

She's BAAAAACK!!! What is up, #teambehelpful? I know you missed me in July while I took the month off to get things situated with my move from NYC/NJ to Miami, FL. This is a solo pod - an episode featuring me, myself and I talking all things Miami Money Moves!! It's officially been a full month that I've been a Florida resident and it's been a whir…

Niqua is SO inspiring! Not only did she move to the U.S. on her own as a teen from the Virgin Islands, but she figured out her finances on her own and made her way to debt freedom in May of 2021 after pursing - not one - but SEVERAL of her passion projects! She has her MBA, she's an accountant, a travel vlogger and a financial content creator on Yo…

I'm taking it WAY BACK to my high school days with this week's guest, Tiffany Mellard! Tiff and I graduated from the same class at LaGuardia HS in NYC back in 2007! She is an incredibly talented and passionate dancer who turned her passion into her profession. She tells us ALL about the importance of your money mindset when you work in creative art…

Wow! I could not be more excited to share this episode with you all. My big sister's baby girl (aka my niece) is graduating from high school in June 2021 and before going off to college she saved up $10,000 on her own and opened a custodial Roth IRA with me as her custodian! I know that's right! Daniela is a vocal major at the most prominent perfor…

This week on the show, I chat with Dyana King of @MoneyBossMama on instagram. Dyana is a money mindset and budgeting coach who made her way into her own financial journey after taking out a car loan that took half of her income. Dyana is now debt-free and on a mission to help other women, especially single moms, to maximize their income and get out…

This week I'm sharing a conversation that I had with Danielle Romoleroux, creator of @FirstGenMoney, which is a personal finance platform online and on social media specially designed by and for first-generation American & first-gen college grads who are building generational wealth for the first time in their familiies! Hello, that's me! This conv…

If you've been following Cinneah on instagram @fly.nanced then you know that she relocated to Mexico in early 2021 and this was one of the LAST conversations she had before her big move! I've been loving her feed with updates about her life and finances in Tulum, but I loved chatting with her even more! We dive into her life as a kid growing up in …

This week's conversation GAVE ME LIFE!!! So many amazing points made by Julia Menez of @GeoBreezeTravel as she dove right into the ins and outs of the marketing behind major travel hacking blogs! They love to play up the luxury of traveling to many of the countries that immigrant communities call home without inviting immigrant communities to parti…

Cassandra Bustamante is the creator of the blog and instagram brand called "Brie on a Budget." Her realness is SO refreshing! After weeks and weeks of stalking her on social media, I finally invited her on the show to share more about her brand and her personal story, not to mention her wisdom about money! You'll LOVE this episode! Follow Cassandra…

This week on the show my lovely guest, Dannie Vann, opens up about the difficulties she faced when transitioning out of a 7-year marriage during which she created a platform called "Pennies to Wealth" with her ex-husband. As if all the complications that come with separation weren't enough, Dannie also had to update her followers about her major li…

This week you get to meet my homegirl, Jannese who is the host of the Yo Quiero Dinero Podcast among many, many other things! Jannese has had a lot of success with her food blog, Delish D’Lites and she has such a passion for talking about money in a real and raw way - no beating around the bush, just like ME! We talk about her platform, her upbring…

Gianni goes by "Gigi" for short and is one of the most down-to-earth guests I've had on the show! Talk about keeping it real - Gigi tell it like it is!!! She's a 90’s baby who is already a homeowner and has had experiences in Finance, Corporate Law, Teaching and is now transitioning into the Tech world!!! She drops gems about all of the lessons she…

In honor of Black History Month 2021, I'm taking it back to an episode that originally aired on June 1, 2020 in order to highlight events that most people do not know about because just like financial literacy it is rarely taught in schools - Black history. This episode is a solo one, where I retell the story of Freedman's Savings Bank as I learned…

Tancy is a self-proclaimed penny pincher and travel lover! She and her husband are a military couple with 2 children ages 10 and 5 - covid changed life for them like it did for all of us and in this convo, we get to dive into Tancy's life pre and post-covid, chat about her side hustle which you will LOVE if you're an avid reader like she and I both…

Tiffany Thomas calls herself a "wealth mentor" for a reason! She focused her late 20's and 30's to building up her wealth through real estate and the stock market, and later opened her own business! While she has reached financial freedom early in her life, she says that it isn't just about the money, it's about having options... I couldn't agree m…

Soledad (Rita Soledad) is known for her instagram account and larger platform where she is hosting monthly workshops, called Wealth Para Todos. She's a former classroom teacher, just like me and is a certified party animal, too! She tells us who the first person to ever teach her about how stock market investing works - and I promise you will want …

Ashley is a first-generation college graduate just like me. We also both grew up in low-income families and now have personal finance podcasts! As a young Black woman, Ashley was taught to save money and fear investing. After learning about money she did something wild - and it completely changed her life! Follow Ashley on instagram at @stacksnthec…

Alexis Howard is a personal finance educator who teaches people how to achieve financial freedom through education and successful self-discipline. She founded her company, Financially Brave LLC so that she could help empower ordinary people all around the world to build wealth through simple mindset, budgeting and investment principles. But all of …

Ashley Feinstein Gerstley, is an author, entrepreneur and feminist whose mission is to end inequality through financial well-being. She took her 30-Day Money Cleanse program and turned it into an interactive workbook, which has helped thousands of people improve their relationships with money and achieve their financial goals. Listen in as Ashley a…

1. Yo Quiero Dinero Podcast hosted by Jannese Torres-Rodriguez (https://anchor.fm/yoquierodinero/episodes/12--How-Yanely-Paid-Off-20K-in-18-Months--Yanely-Espinal-of-MissBeHelpful-ebhpvf/a-a2pot56) 2. Choose FI Podcast hosted by Brad Barrett and Jonathan Mendonsa (https://www.choosefi.com/breaking-the-cycle-of-poverty-ep-266/) 3. The Best Friends P…

Diana Morris is a life coach and specifically a clarity coach who addresses questions like: What would your life look like if you were able to define success beyond your job title and your resume? She works with her clients to guide them through the critical journey of self-discovery so they can confidently answer the question of “what now?” In thi…

Formerly on instagram as @accordingtomycalculation, Brittany Polanco now goes by @britpolanco on instagram and posts about money and motherhood and where the two overlap. As a new mom she is enthralled in all things baby, but I had the chance to sit down and talk to her wayyy before her baby boy arrived. In this episode, we talk about how a baby ch…

Cleo was born and raised in Nashville, TN, but currently lives in Dallas, TX. After experiencing her own share of financial ups and downs, she realized that life is the best teacher. As a financial educator and yoga instructor, she mixes yoga and finance to help people create a healthy financial lifestyle. As a teen mom, Cleo really struggled with …

This week on the podcast you'll meet Alli Williams, financial coach and blogger at Financiallifocused.com. She's originally from NY, but moved to South Carolina and now lives with her husband. Alli talks about how important it is to start talking money as early as possible when dating and like me, she feels very strongly that you must talk about yo…

This episode is sponsored by: https://www.snowballwealth.com/ While working with Berna Anat on a series of free workshops called #HELLAHELPFUL, I had the pleasure of meeting her social media strategist, Joely. I knew she was a special kind of #bawse when I found out more about her passion for budgeting and her strategy and commitment to go HAM on h…

This episode is sponsored by: https://www.snowballwealth.com/ Akeiva is such a rare find! This Brooklyn-born Certified Financial Planner works with uber-wealthy individuals to manage their wealth. She has her masters in Financial Planning, which led her to be one of just 3.5% of Black and Latinx Financial Planners. At just 22 years old, Akeiva coul…

Tanya Menendez is one of the very few Latinas in tech who has created multiple successful companies after working in finance. She's a true badass! Her story is a commonly shared one among Latinx families: immigrant parents on a limited income working unforgiving jobs to get their child to and through college. Tanya talks about spending thousands of…

This week's episode is a super fun conversation between me and Amanda Holden who has an Investing course called Invested Development, which you can find on her blog Dumpster Dog. Originally from Portland, Oregon she moved to NYC after working in finance over in San Francisco. After years of managing the wealth and investments of high net-worth indi…

In this episode, I get to know Shana a little better after meeting her in Orlando last year for a financial conference. She sat front row as I presented my session about getting started as a YouTuber, and since then her channel has really grown!! We dive into her biggest mistakes and she shares amazing tips about budgeting in a way that you WON'T H…

This week, I switched it up on ya and brought my boyfriend, Jamil, to the mic with me! We had a super long conversation - over 3 hours - which I edited down for ya. You'll hear all about how he feels about creepy and thirsty comments on my YouTube videos, what our AIM accounts were back in the day, what cool tech stuff Jamil's up to and you might e…

Natalie is the creator of "Financially Savvy in 20 Minutes", a platform that tells her story of struggling to make it in L.A. being in an immigrant family and learning the tough life lessons that come from not having a financial education. She created a non-profit that helps teenage girls pay for their dream prom experience, and later published a b…

Kara is the creator and owner of Bravely Go, a financial education company centered around financial feminism and activism. In this conversation with Kara I learn all about her background and upbringing, why she will never regret having over $20k of student loans debt from college, and how she created a financial education company after struggling …

Mykail is the creator of boujiebudgets.com. She is proud to be "boujie" and shares how this mentality has helped her create a money system that works for her! She shares SO much in this episode about her upbringing as the youngest of 6 children in a blended family, being trapped in credit card debt from a Victoria's Secret credit card, and being in…

Sarah is known on YouTube and all over the internet as "Budget Girl," and she has put ALL the details of her personal finance journey out there for the world to see. She has an incredibly inspiring story about learning from past money mistakes, being low-income for most of her life and STILL managing to pay of over $33,000 of debt by creating a fru…

Carmen (@makerealcents) was my very first instagram friend in the world of personal finance and the debt-free community. Since meeting online, we've met in person at FinCon and even hosted a live event together in NYC! Her story is an amazing one that is sure to inspire EVERYBODY who listens. Follow Carmen in instagram @makerealcents ★ Support this…

Melissa Jean-Baptiste is a NYC high school teacher who has a truly creative side that she expresses through a brand called Millennial in Debt. Wanting to do more than just chase clout, Melissa decided that posting content about money and debt could help so many young people out there struggling to figure out money and especially those with piles of…

Jully-Alma Taveras is the ambitious Latina behind the platform called "Investing Latina." Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Jully has so much in common with me! After meeting in person and working together on a few projects, I've come to know Jully well and can truthfully say that she's just as sweet, sincere and smart as s…

This episode was so much fun to record because Stefanie is so easy to talk to! She's open and honest about her own money journey and spills all the tea about her wedding costs. She jumps into money regrets she has and why it's really important to eventually let go of any shame you're feeling around your money. Stefanie’s work & advice has been feat…