When I became serious about getting this blog and podcast off the ground, Colleen Barton was at the top of my list for people I wanted to interview, and I’m so glad she agreed!

I’ve known Colleen for six or so years now. We met when Colleen was first the Education & Social Media Coordinator and then the Community Education Coordinator at Visions Federal Credit Union. Colleen taught financial education to my participants at the Center for Employment Opportunities, and we became friends in the process.

The reason I wanted to interview Colleen was to chat with her about working with so many diverse groups of individuals (formerly incarcerated to college-age students and everything in between) and also because she is the mom to five kids and works full time (she was actually recently promoted to Business Development Officer), which, in my opinion, is pretty damn impressive.

This is a two-part episode with part one released on January 19th and part two released on January 26th. We cover a ton: from her relationship with her husband to working full time with five kids at home, from fertility to stereotypes, identity, and so much more! I hope you enjoy listening to Colleen as much as I enjoyed chatting with her.