Money Memories

Marisol Pérez-Chow and Fernanda Cuadra are the founders of agovest.com, a platform aimed at reducing the gender wealth gap for women in Mexico. They met while pursuing their MBAs at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Amir Hemmat is the co-founder and CEO of Welcome Technologies. Welcome Tech is the “digital Ellis Island” and future global platform for immigration. It is currently focused on the U.S. Latinx community, the largest immigrant community in the world. Amir shares how his parents’ immigrant experience influenced his relationship with money, and how overcoming cancer shifted his perspectives. Bonus: w...

A conversation with the founder and CEO of Payslip, Fidelma McGuirk. Payslip offers its customers real-time visibility and control of payroll processes, something unheard of in an industry that is typically siloed and non-customizable. Fidelma talks about how growing up in Ireland shaped her work ethic, and how she balances financial wellness with mental wellness.

Jonathan Verhaeghe, better known as "Joney Talks," is a Belgian personal finance content creator. After spending a year living in France on his company's dime, he realized that there was more that he could be doing with his money, but wasn't sure where to start. This prompted him to start documenting his personal finance journey, which he now shares via his podcast and blog. We talk about the diff...

Paris Grant is a student at Florida International University and host of the "Millennial to Millionaire" podcast, which is dedicated to spreading financial literacy to the millennial generation. Growing up, Paris was primarily raised by the women in his family. We talk about how this influenced his relationship to money, particularly around valuing your worth. He also shares his biggest money mist...

Austin Allison is the co-founder of the disruptive real estate startup Pacaso, which recently became the fastest company to ever reach unicorn status, or a $1 billion valuation. I recently featured Pacaso in a Forbes piece published on April 1st, where I highlighted the company’s unique value proposition, which centers around letting individuals own fractional shares of luxury second homes. Austin...

An article in the Wall Street Journal this week spotlighted a company named SilviaTerra — they use satellite imagery and AI to run a marketplace that values every acre of forest for timber, carbon, wildlife habitat, and other types of natural capital. To Money Memories listeners, this might have seemed familiar! We spoke with one of SilviaTerra's founders, Max Nova, last summer. Here's a look back...

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...

Everyday Finance Gal is a personal finance influencer who is on a mission to help individuals build generational wealth. She discusses what her earliest money memory of translating for her immigrant parents taught her, and how she learned to overcome scarcity mentality to master investing. Plus, this week's listener-submitted money memory shares lessons learned along a paper route.

Devon Melanson is a Canadian-based mortgage agent. When he's not busy helping people make their homeownership dreams come true, he runs an educational Instagram platform called @melansonmortgages. He shares how his parents instilled the importance of maintaining good credit early on, and how to practice good financial planning habits while working in a commission-based industry like real estate. A...

Rita Soledad is the founder and creator of the personal finance platform "Wealth Para Todos" and has been featured in Time's NextAdvisor series. She shares how growing up in the Latino community in southern California shaped her perspective, and how her debt payoff journey taught her to challenge her preconceived assumptions around money. Rita also discusses the emotional impact of poverty on our...

Diego Mannino is a renowned tattoo artist who is celebrated for his Japanese-style custom illustrations. He spent decades at the iconic Daredevil Tattoo in New York City before relocating back to his native LA. We talk about how working in a cash-based business taught him financial discipline, and one of his favorite celebrity clients.

Eryn Schultz is the founder of pHERsonal Finance Day, a platform which offers courses and content tailored to high-earning women. Eryn is a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Business School. She discusses what inspired her to plunge into entrepreneurship, and answers your questions about student loans.

Warren Gosling has learned that money is the key to unlocking more freedom and time. Warren graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Manchester. He entered the banking industry on Barclays’ graduate scheme where he spent 4 years, before moving to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ risk management consulting practice. There, his project engagements included a number of high-profile finance...

Jules Costa is a true digital nomad. She was raised by Brazilian parents in Chicago, and kick started her career as a freelancer when her laptop died while traveling, forcing her to invent a creative solution to earn money for a replacement. Since then, she has launched a successful solo business as a copywriter, and shares her tips for other freelancers who are interested in pursuing financial in...

Chris Browning is the host of the award-winning podcast “Popcorn Finance.” The show’s mission is to help people make sense of personal finance in less time than it takes to make a bag of popcorn. Chris has been featured in Yahoo Finance, Investopedia, and Nerdwallet. In this episode, Chris shares his biggest money mistakes and wins, and what he believes the keys to financial wellness are.

Katia Chesnok is the founder of personal finance blog and Instagram platform Economikat, where she educates millennials, Latinx, and BIPOC communities on all things money, and empowers them with wealth-building tips to earn more, negotiate, side hustle, budget, and invest. She paid off more than $38,000 of credit card debt in 18 months thanks to her side hustle, which later became a six-figure dig...

Daniela Pierre-Bravo is a New York City-based booking producer for MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” 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, and discusses how this profoundly...

Maia Monell is the co-founder and chief marketing officer at Nav.it, a digital banking app seeking to empower customers to make better financial choices by changing the conversation around money. She discusses how growing up playing tennis influenced her competitive professional outlook, and why you are more than just your credit score.

Learn more about the person behind the “Money Memories.” Host Ilona shares her family’s journey from Cuba, to Russia, to Kentucky, how her earliest money memory taught her that money is about control, and why she’ll spend money on a pedicure – but not a manicure. Don’t forget to follow our new Instagram page: @money_memories.

Amelia "Mills" Bender is the creator of the personal finance YouTube channel and platform Mills Knows Bills. Website Instagram LInkedIn Twitter

Matthew Henshall is a South African-based startup founder. He focuses on edtech, and is the CEO of Code4Kids, as well as Lessonspace and SkillUp. Learn more here: https://www.linkedin.com/ company/skillup-tutors https://www.instagram.com/ skilluptutors/ https://www.linkedin.com/ company/getcode4kids https://www.linkedin.com/ company/lessonspace https://www.linkedin.com/ company/room-sh

  Marisol Pérez-Chow and Fernanda Cuadra are the founders of A'govest , a platform aimed at reducing the gender wealth gap for women in Mexico. They met while pursuing their MBAs at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.    

This episode features Angie E, aka the Financial Lioness. Her blog is www.financiallioness.com where you can also purchase her e-book Investing for the Everyday Investor . 

This episode features Amanda, who is the creator of the YouTube channel Let Us Think. Her channel and IG page ( @wethinkfinance ) focus on complaining complex financial markets topics in simple terms. We discuss how Amanda's earliest money memory working with a bull (no, really) shaped her identity as a saver, and why she thinks more women should invest in the market.