Money Memories

According to the Wall Street Journal, housing affordability in the United States is at its lowest level since 1989. Prospective buyers are stuck on the sidelines, worrying about whether to pull the trigger or continue waiting on the sidelines. For many, the American Dream of home ownership has turned into the American Nightmare. Dave Rich is a real estate expert, who shares his perspective and tip...

As a new college graduate living in New York City, Aja Evans thought she had made it. She quickly realized, however, that the weekly bottomless brunches add up. Eventually, she took control of her spending habits. Today, Aja is a licensed mental health counselor specializing in financial wellness. She shares how her personal journey informed her decision to offer this unique angle to her therapy p...

Maria MacMullin is the Senior Director of Major Gifts for the Genesis Women’s Shelter in Dallas, Texas. Maria has played a key role in securing over $70 million in philanthropic gifts for a wide number of organizations, and we talk about the importance of giving back in the personal finance journey. She is also the host of the Podcast on Crimes Against Women and the Genesis Podcast.

Oliver Tweddell's two greatest passions are sailing and investing. Tweddell has spent the majority of his life training to qualify for Australia's Olympic team. Although he just missed out on the Tokyo games, he pivoted into the world of investing and started Minted Millennials, an online financial literacy platform. We talk about how budgeting as an athlete can be a "feast to famine" cycle and th...

Blockasset is an NFT platform and ecosystem that allows fans to buy tokens of their favorite athletes. Founders Ryan and Mike share how their humble roots inspired their entrepreneurial passion, and what's behind the NFT craze.

Celia Zhang has built an illustrious career as a performer and educator, having graduated with a bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the Juilliard School in 2014 and subsequently receiving her master's degree from the Yale School of Music in 2016. She recently started a music school called Village Youth Conservatory. Celia’s parents immigrated to the U.S. from China, and she talks about h...

Rebekah is a New York City-based student and blogger. She shares how her earliest money memory of choosing the lowest cereal as a child influenced her to think about the connection between money and health, and why it's important to reframe money mistakes into lessons.

Dr. Norma Reyes is a career mindset coach who helps successful Latinas overcome self-doubt and imposter syndrome while on their professional journeys. She is also the host of the "Manifest Your Career" podcast. We talk about how growing up in a non-traditional Mexican household shaped Dr. Reyes’ independence around money, and the financial lessons she hopes to pass on to her children

Tosin Mills is the product and growth strategy manager at Microsoft. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Tosin shares how her experience of moving from Nigeria to the United States played an important role in her understanding of the value of money, and what her favorite money slogan is. Bonus: I found an NFT e...

Rod Griffin is Senior Director of Public Education and Advocacy for Experian. He leads Experian's national consumer education programs and works with consumer advocates, financial educators, media and others to help consumers increase their ability to understand and manage their personal finances and protect themselves from fraud and identity theft.

This episode features Wemimo Abbey and Samir Goel, the co-founders of Esusu, a fintech platform that leverages data to bridge the racial wealth gap. Today, more than 7 million Americans are unbanked, and more than 20 million are credit invisible, meaning they lack credit history with one of the 3 credit reporting agencies. Esusu helps individuals build credit by allowing them to report their rent...

Mattias Tengblad is the Co-founder and CEO of Corite, a platform that allows artists and their fans to join forces. Corite allows people to invest in music they really love and get paid when it’s streamed on Spotify and Apple Music. Mattias and his founders have explained that Corite is the first platform to “truly enable fans to invest in artists and be a part of the creative journey from the fir...

Jenn Uhen loves to talk about money as the Founder/Community Organizer of The Pledgettes. The Pledgettes is on a mission to abolish the gender wealth gap by facilitating money conversations with womxn through expert-led events and an engaged membership community. Jenn talks about her biggest money mistakes, why it's important to empower women to be more engaged in their financial choices, and how...

Jannese Torres-Rodriguez is the creator and host of “Yo Quiero Dinero,” a platform dedicated to connecting diverse change-makers who are sharing their personal finance stories and inspiring others to take their dinero to the next level. She is also the creator of a food blog called Delish D’Lites. In our conversation, we talk about not playing small and stepping up the opportunities you have creat...

Daniela Pierre-Bravo is a New York City-based booking producer for MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” She is also the co-author, alongside Mika Brezinski, of the best-selling book “Earn It! Know Your Value and Grow Your Career, in Your 20s and Beyond.” Daniela grew up in Ohio, as the daughter of immigrants from Chile. She found out that she was undocumented shortly before beginning college. Daniela shares her...

A conversation with award-winning personal finance podcaster and author Jen Hemphill. Jen is the host of the "Her Dinero Matters Podcast," which focuses on the advancement of U.S. Latinas to minimize the gender wage gap while creating a healthy, confident conversation around money. She has been featured in publications such as Forbes, Clark Howard, USAA, Oprah Magazine and award-winning podcasts l...

Kavya Ravikanti is a graduate of the University of Virginia, and one of the founders of Young, Not Broke, a personal finance community whose mission is to empower young people to manage their money through various content and events. Since launching the platform, she and her team have successfully expanded the platform to include a newsletter with thousands of subscribers. Tune in to this episode...

Kim Bridges is the senior vice president and director of financial planning at BOK Financial. Kim shares how she found her way to personal finance after initially joining the marine corps, and how seeing her mother manage financially after divorce opened her eyes to the importance of financial empowerment for women.

Carter Malloy is the founder of the farming startup AcreTrader. AcreTrader is a farmland real estate investment company offering low minimum, passive farm investments.. Carter grew up in an Arkansas farming family and has had a lifelong passion for investing, agriculture, and conservation. Prior to founding AcreTrader, he was part of an equity investment firm and a managing director with an invest...

Everyday Finance Gal is on a mission to help people build generational wealth. She and her family immigrated to the United States from Armenia. Her earliest money memory was translating a rent increase to her parents. “That’s when I first realized we didn’t have money,” she recalls. This experience influenced her to become an expert saver. Eventually, she built generational wealth for her family b...

Latasha Peterson is a blogger, side hustle coach and creator of Arts and Budgets, a blog dedicated to side hustles. In our conversation, Latasha describes why her relationship to debt was like being in an arranged marriage, and how her early memories of her parents’ difficult relationship with money influenced her into adulthood. She shares how she was able to take control of her financial journey...

Catherine Wright is on a mission to help make people more financially secure. She is passionate about developing innovative solutions to promote economic opportunities for underserved communities. We discuss how her earliest money money taught her the value of discipline, and why retirement and estate planning are crucial financial planning milestones. Catherine is a graduate of Georgetown Univers...

Today’s guest is content creator Brandon from the IG account “Worth Life Balance.” After receiving an athletic scholarship, Brandon was initially set on a career in sports. However, he quickly realized that those opportunities were few and far between, and shifted into a career in finance. Brandon shares how his earliest money memories from a paper route taught him the importance of not spending m...

Karlie Kant lives for the applause, applause, applause. She is a Berlin-based drag queen with self-proclaimed “big visions…and an even bigger nose!” We discuss how Karlie defines success – both monetarily and artistically- as well as the unique “startup risks” that drag performers face. Pray we catch you tuning in to this epic episode!

Kelsey Willock is the Founder and CEO of Tardi - a psychology backed financial wellness and investment platform. She is also the author of "Not Your Boyfriend's Investment Advice" - a weekly newsletter where she uses humor and storytelling to educate her readers about investing and finance. Prior to her work at Tardi and NYBIA, she worked for Goldman Sachs advising institutional clients and on Lau...