Women still face challenges due to the pay gap in the workplace. However, as our guest on this episode, Elsa W. Smith, shares with us, the ways that women gain wealth are expanding, and that includes career growth and entrepreneurship. But many women don't have a solid plan for their medical care or wealth, leaving way too much to chance! Elsa breaks down two myths about state planning: that having an estate plan is not just for the wealthy and that it's okay to put off creating one. 

Elsa W. Smith is the founder and principal of the Law Offices of Elsa W Smith LLC. She focuses her practice on wills and estate planning and counsels individuals, families, and business owners to create wills trusts, powers of attorney, and advanced directives. Elsa has over 20 years of experience as an attorney, and she's a native Spanish speaker of Afro Cuban descent.

Elsa shares some vital information about who needs an estate plan, when is the right time to create one, and why it's so essential for women to have one to protect their assets.

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