Today, women face a range of unique financial challenges like the gender wage gap, career pauses for caregiving or childbirth, and limited access to financial education. Yet understanding how money works isn’t just important—it’s essential to building lasting independence and success.

That’s why in this episode of The Avanti Woman Podcast, we’re sitting down with Tina Zakaryan, Executive Director at Lions Partner’s Insurance Agency and Co-Founder of Lion’s Health Insurance Services Inc., to talk about money. Tune in to hear her tips on finding financial success, and explore ways we can all make our money work for us—not the other way around!

In this episode, the Downtown Women's Center's (DWC) Director of Institutional Giving, Angela Fisher, joins us to discuss the impact of The Avanti Woman's 6th Annual Christmas Kindness Campaign. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we raised $2,825 to put towards ending women's homelessness in Los Angeles County. Tune in to learn more about how these funds are used to support DWC's housing, health, and employment services.

You can also visit www.downtownwomenscenter.org to make a donation to or sign up to volunteer with DWC directly.

As always, don’t forget to like and subscribe, and share this episode to help spread awareness about the DWC's incredible mission.

In this episode, we are joined by breast cancer survivor Bret Miller and his mother, Peggy Miller. Bret first discovered his lump at just 17 but faced a long and challenging journey to diagnosis, which didn’t come until he was 24. Join us as they share their experiences, highlight the stigma surrounding male breast cancer, and discuss the importance of awareness and early detection.

As mothers, wives, breast cancer survivors, and career women, the Avanti Women wear a lot of hats. Nairy Ghazourian leads a discussion with RoxAnne Triché, Gabrielle Rascon, Hana Eicher, and Sara Citak about how all of these inspirational women balance their life responsibilities while staying true to themselves and their femininity.