Mind Your Money with MissBeHelpful

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 stories of her upbringing, lessons she wishes she had learned earlier about money, what advice she offers young people today and why she believes personal finance is a social justice issue today. You're going to get so many gems from my conversation with Carrie... so, grab a notepad to take notes and enjoy!Follow Carrie:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarrieSchwabLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrieschwabpomerantz/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarrieSchwabPomerantz1www.schwabmoneywise.com/The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty: https://content.schwab.com/web/retail/public/book/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 decisions today as a successful entrepreneur.Follow her work and learn more about her program at: https://www.instagram.com/tradeandtravel★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 that I admire!Prior to joining Credit Karma, Poulomi spent a year with the US Digital Service, the swat team that came in to rescue Healthcare.gov. She learned that bad technology was truly holding people back from getting the basic health services they needed and committed to being an agent for change in the private sector by leveraging technology to help improve people's lives.In the episode, Poulomi mentions this Qualtrics Study on behalf of Credit Karma with lots of data and insights into gen z and how they seek financial advice on social media: https://www.creditkarma.com/about/commentary/gen-z-turns-to-tiktok-and-instagram-for-financial-advice-and-actually-takes-it-study-findsCheck out the full playlist of podcast interviews on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBqtkN0VZ5hRYos5EHdGJfRDc5r9w6u_wLet's connect:FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/missbehelpful/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/missbehelpful/BUSINESS INQUIRIES: Missbehelpful@gmail.com★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 get educated and to educate as many other women as she could!Now, as an entrepreneur, Eryn works with clients to narrow this gender wealth/investing gap. She has a 10-week money bootcamp, and has recently launched an on-demand course. She also provides one-on-one coaching for couples and individuals who want to tackle their money. Eryn has helped women roll over old 401Ks, max out their IRAs, and feel more confident about their financial decisions overall! Confidence is KEY!Support Eryn's work here: https://herpersonalfinance.com/Follow her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/her.personal.finance/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 2021 and now plans to travel and dive into crypto and defi. I was incredibly impressed with Izzi because of her maturity and wisdom, which are far beyond her 30 years! She's such an inspirational person because of her outlook on life and her ability to shine no matter what struggles she's been faced with in her life. Isabella opens up about: pros and cons of living in a van, glamorization of #vanlife, her upbringing in the Bronx, her favorite personal finance channels, crypto and why she believes it is the future, her plans to travel now that she is debt-free and her passion for psychology and why she believes every child deserves and needs to learn about how the brain works when they're in school. You will LOVE Isabella and her unique story. Follow her and support her at: Personal: https://www.instagram.com/izzi_vanlife/?hl=enArt page: https://www.instagram.com/cooli_fooli/?hl=en★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 begin helping out and earning money on her own, she tasted true independence and realized that it meant she would have to provide the money for the lifestyle she wanted to live and maintain without help from her parents! Listen as Gina breaks down the vacation savings fund for 2020 that ended up putting her and some family members in a really good place financially before the pandemic hit. You'll just love Gina's down-to-earth personality and openness about her goals, mistakes and current priorities when it comes to money and her mindset. Follow Gina here: https://www.instagram.com/inanewyorkbudget/https://twitter.com/inanewyorkbudgt★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 first-generation Latina growing up with a lot of shame about her culture and her financial situation. Here are the links we mentioned in the episode: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nuestrafortuna/email: salas.vaness@gmail.com (personal)Email: vcollins@ggusd.us (work)Vanessa uses NGPF's free personal finance curriculum: www.ngpf.org★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 creators on instagram periodt. Her TikTok page has been featured in countless media sources and as a formerly undocumented immigrant turned lawyer turned entrepreneur, I mean - how can we NOT stan her content!? Tune in to hear how Delyanne mustered up the courage to quit lawyering and become a full-time entrepreneur. Dive into her background and more of her story about paying off $150,000 of student loan debt during the pandemic!Follow and support Delyanne on social and on her website: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delyannethemoneycoachTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delyannethemoneycoach?Course site: https://delyannethemoneycoach.com/slay-the-stock-market-waitlist/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 in English and in Spanish.We talk about everything from Maribel's college days, traveling abroad, having her mom's support even when she earned minimum wage working in factories, and leveraging the knowledge Latinxs who work in agriculture have of generational wealth building strategies - and applying that to the stock market here in the US. This girl is on FIRE!!! I'm SO excited to kick off Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month with Maribel of @OurWealthMatters. Follow and support Maribel's work here: https://www.instagram.com/ourwealthmatters/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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.com/bernadebtjoy/?hl=en★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 and offering them career coaching, financial literacy education and more! I'm pumped for you the hear this one!!TPP was created as a result of Bri herself, graduating college with over $116,000 in student loan debt and subsequently being subject to the pitfalls of this burden. Post-graduation, she experienced adversity at every turn, including inability to establish financial security/ independence, difficulty securing well-paying, long-term career opportunities and having to abandon prior entrepreneurial ventures to take on part-time jobs as a means of stay current on her monthly student loan payments.Check out TPP here: https://www.theprosparityproject.org/Follow and support their work on social media here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-prosparity-project/https://www.instagram.com/theprosparityproject/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 student loans. Sofie talks about her upbringing in California and how moving to NYC changed her views about m money and gave her a sense of independence. But the hardest thing she's done and the thing she's most proud of was taking ownership of the debt she put her mother in for her college education. Listen to Sofie talk about it all and sum up the tips she thinks anyone with debt should have in their back pocket!Follow Sofia on Instagram and LinkedIn:IG: https://www.instagram.com/savingwithsofie/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofiabastida/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 whirlwind! I'm loving it and can't wait for you to hear all the money things that came up as I reflected on this move. I'm hyped for August because it's my birthday month, but also because I have some INCREDIBLE guests and episodes for this month. I cannot wait for you to hear them all! If you're not already following my on YouTube and Instagram - do it right now! You don't want to miss me going live to answer all the juicy questions about the move to MIA this summer.https://www.youtube.com/missbehelpfulhttps://www.instagram.com/missbehelpfulHappy August!!! #virgoseason★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Etsy. Basically, she's killin' the game.You'll love hearing how Niqua stuck to her debt repayment plan while also making time for the things she enjoys like traveling and hanging out with her loved ones. Follow Niqua here: https://www.instagram.com/financiallywinning/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 arts for a living and she dished the tea about her role in Hamilton as "the Bay bullet" that ended the life of Alexander Hamilton on the Broadway hit, Hamilton: An American Musical. When the pandemic shut down everything and Tiffany had to leave her personal belongings at the theatre and fly back home, she found herself soul-searching and made the best pivot I've seen in all of 2020 and 2021! Tiffany's realness and honesty shines bright and makes her easily one of my favorite people to catch up with in real life and also to follow on IG! Her money mantra is a quote from Jay-Z: "Difficult takes a day. Impossible takes a week." Follow Tiffany on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/tiffanynmellard★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 performing arts high school in NYC and she's using her skills now to build her network, start earning income and prepare for the balancing act that is coming up next in her life: College! In this conversation, we chat about her biggest money regrets, a big win of opening her Custodial Account, saving $10,000, early money memories and future goals that Daniela has set for herself.Daniela's money mantra is "It's Never Too EARLY To Start!" #BAWSEYou can follow Daniela on instagram @itsdanieladuran(https://www.instagram.com/itsdanieladuran/)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 of debt the same way she did! Dyana's original vision was to showcase three different aspects of her life: her journey with Money, being the Boss of her life and being a Mama. But when she combined the three to create one name on instagram, everyone insisted that she IS MoneyBossMama - and now she is! Follow Dyana on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moneybossmama/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 conversation is SO great because it took me back to when I was in my mid-twenties and starting out on my personal finance journey. Danielle talks about her careful financial choices that helped her get ahead and pay off her debt and begin to save money for her big money goals! Danielle is a Jersey girl who moved to NYC to build her professional life and then, covid happened! She dives into a lot of her money habits and money mindset and she's just one of the sweetest and hardest working young women I know! Danielle's money mantra is: "Money does not define your worth!" follow Danielle on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/firstgenmoney/

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 Baltimore, MD and her big accomplishment of paying off all her student loan debt. You'll love hearing that her biggest fear was creating Flynanced and man, oh man aren't we glad she followed her gut on this one!! Cinneah's money mantra is "How bad do you want it?" and if that doesn't set you up for this episode, then I don't know what will!!! Follow Cinneah on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/fly.nanced/

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 participate in travel hacking - but don't worry Julia's got our backs! Follow Julia on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/geobreezetravel/

Cassandra Bustamento 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 on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brieonabudget/

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 life change and she also had to relocate and rebuild her financial safety net from scratch - oh and this was all at the very beginning of the pandemic. Yeah. Dannie talks about creating the blog "Pennies to Wealth" and expanding her platform to instagram as well. She shares the motivation behind her work and what she's up to now that she's Miss Independent again! Follow Dannie on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/penniestowealth/

I'm BAAAAACK - Like I never left! Sorry for the month break with no content but your girl needed a month off to refresh and re-energize! 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 upbringing and how she and I both challenge the pre-conceived notions that society and our families have about how Latinas are supposed to live their lives. This is an AMAZING episode that you will just LOVE!!!

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's learned in each of these spaces but also about her most recent and most worthwhile big purchase... a real estate property in Philly. Homegirl has got it going on - and I'm just so glad I had the chance to connect with her and learn about her story. What an inspirational human! Follow Gigi on instagram: @firstgenmoneymusings

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 it myself after researching and digging through online articles and journals for hours. Whether you know the story already or not, tune in to hear me tell it my way because I am PASSIONATE! As you can tell by scrolling through and listening to my podcast episodes over the past few months, I regularly honor and highlight Black stories, but in February I will make space to solely share Black women's stories, so come back next week for some more inspiring content!

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 are - PLUS... we give you throwback references to getting clothes on layaway back in the days. There's NOTHING not to love about this episode! Follow Tancy on instagram: @herwellspentlife

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 more! Being financially free definitely gives you more choices. You get to choose how you want to spend your time and who you get to spend it with. After quitting her corporate job at age 36, Tiffany now manages several real estate properties and teaches people how to build wealth through the stock market, too. Follow Tiffany on instagram at: @wealthytiffany

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 to hear who it is!!! After being sick and on bedrest she had to stop teaching and is now on a mission to retire by age 47 with her husband by investing money in multiple appreciating assets like investment accounts, real estate and businesses. This was such a fun conversation and you will just love the realness that Soledad brings to the show. Follow her on instagram at: @wealthparatodos

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 @stacksnthecity

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 this was AFTER she had a crisis situation that she needed to escape... her TOXIC job! Listen as Alexis tells us what made that job so terrible and what she did to position herself financially so she could bounce ASAP!

Ashley Feinstein Gerstley, is an author, entrepreneur and feminist who's 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 and I crack up discussing how we realized that night clubs are a waste of time and money and confessing all of our money struggles. Find Ashley and her team at: https://thefiscalfemme.com You can follow Ashley on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/thefiscalfemme/

I hope you missed me because I sure missed you! I'm back after my no-content November (my personal self-care month) and now I'm making up for lost time with the top 7 podcasts that I was featured on in 2019-2020. Each podcast is linked in the show notes if you'd like to go listen to the full episodes and/or subscribe to the other financial podcasts shared here! Enjoy!

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 this episode we dive deep into the role that money can play in your life and in your journey to finding clarity in your world? Support Diana and her work at dianaramorris.com

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 changed her entire budget and she walks us through a few tips to save money on medical expenses. She also shares a few things some people forget to consider when they're expecting. Brittany's money mantra is: Does this purchase align with who you are?

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 finances and ended up in a rat race of working for a paycheck but not knowing what to do with her paychecks. After taking on many student loans, a car loan, payday loans and credit card debt, Cleo found herself homeless and was living in her car for months in order to get back on her feet. She made one of the toughest choices a parent could make and she sent her daughter away until she turned her life around. After discovering yoga practice, she connected her new mindset of clarity and peace to her financial situation. Cleo's money motto is, "Don't wonder WHAT IF, take a RISK!" Follow Cleo on instagram at @cleoyogafinance

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 your finances and your approach and mentality about money BEFORE getting married. Alli graduated in 2018 and now works with women and couples to create financial plans and routines that work for each unique couple or individual. She and her husband have paid off $40,000 of debt WHILE paying for a wedding out of pocket, and covering the cost of her husband going back to school! Neither one of them makes a six-figure salary and she wants everyone to know that it's possible! Her money mantra is "Everything you ever wanted is on the other side of fear." Follow Alli on instagram at @financiallifocused

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 her student loans. Joely opens up about ALL the drama in her financial life - how she couldn't get a job for MONTHS after graduating, how her student loans were accruing interest DAILY, and how she refuses to have any of this nonsense in her financial life. Joely is the most inspiring young woman I've spoken to in a VERY long time! You'll learn about her resilience, financial habits and all around badass-ness! Go follow her on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joely.l/

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 could not find relatable voices in the financial space and she decided to take on the challenge of sharing her voice. She created a YouTube channel called "The Bemused" with her fiancé and shares content about all things personal finance for her generation. Follow along with Akeiva's journey on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/thebemused and on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thebemused/

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 dollars for lifetime services at a company but then that company went out of business! So much for "lifetime!" Losing thousands of dollars not only hurt her credit, but taught her a huge money lesson at the age of 19, and like many of us - she hid the entire thing from her family! Tune in to be truly inspired by Tanya's story and the goal and mission of her company, Snowball Wealth. Follow Snowball Wealth on instagram: @asksnowball

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 individuals, she definitely knows her stuff! Listen to laugh with us about her money mistake involving one lucky stripper, and hear all about her hopes for all women to be badasses with their money! Follow Amanda on instagram for hilarious and super smart content at: @dumpster.doggy

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 even get some tea about me gambling!!! Follow along as we grow our community of people interested in learning more about indoor hammocks at: hammy.co

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 book, a podcast, and is now featured in - not one - but, TWO TED Talks! Natalie's story not only inspires me, but shows me what you can do when you are determined to succeed but refuse to forget the community you come from! Follow Natalie on social media @financiallysavvylatina

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 with money for years! Follow Kara on instagram at @webravelygo

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 inspired to create financial content because of Tiffany Aliche AKA @thebudgetnista - PLUS so much more! This is 100% one of my FAVORITE episodes!!!

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 frugality mindset and finding super smart money saving hacks wherever she could. Sarah keeps it so real with me on this episode and reminds us all that a little frugality goes a long way! Follow Sarah on social media at @gobudgetgirl

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

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 student loan debt. After paying off $102,000 in student loans, Melissa bought a house and is super proud of her big ticket purchase and the journey she took to get to where she is now. Melissa and I talk about the importance of being authentic on YouTube, creating her web series about money problems for recent college grads, teaching NYC and so much more! Melissa's money motto is "Do what works best for you." You can follow her on social media at @millennialindebt

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 she sounds on this episode! We talk about her past obsession with Louboutins and how she moved beyond the belief that material things define you. She crushed her debt and began aggressively investing and then decided that it was important for her to share this with others in hopes of inspiring them to make similar financial changes in their lives for the better! Follow Jully on instagram: @investinglatina

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 featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Oprah Magazine. A go-to money expert, Stefanie has appeared on ABC, CBS, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Dr Oz Show and a bunch of other print and digital media outlets. You can follow Stefanie on instagram at @stefanieoconnell.

Naseema's story is an incredible story of a Black mom, a nurse and a businesswoman who was living the average life. She had the house, the car and all the clothes and shoes to LOOK rich while stuntin' on the gram, but... she was BROKE AF!!! After a serious change in her mindset and lifestyle, she committed to becoming debt-free and budgeted carefully, while also generating more income to be able to pay off her school loans for not one, but TWO masters degrees AND a house in the bay area. Follow Naseema on instagram at @financiallyintentional