Money Memories

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 expert to answer your pressing questions about how this hot new fintech innovation actually works.

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 payments to these agencies. We talk about how Abbey and Samir’s shared immigrant experiences had a profound effect on their understanding of wealth and equality, and the challenges of building a product that most VCs don’t have first-hand experience with.

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 first mix to the creation of potential hit songs.” On this show, Mattias explains what NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are, and the most important lesson he thinks all founders should know.

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 you can be more intentional with your spending.

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 created for yourself. We also share tips for talking about finances for those in relationships.

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 remarkable story, including how she traveled overnight on a Greyhound from Ohio to New York for an interview with Bad Boy Entertainment.

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 like SoMoney and Stacking Benjamins.