As a financial coach, my passion is to empower individuals to achieve their goals. I view my clients’ potential the same way I viewed my family’s growing up-resilient and creative. Therein lies the key to unlocking their financial future.
Financial freedom is power. As a Coach, I strive to provide clients with the support and tools they need to gain and maintain control over their finances.
My clients describe my Financial Coaching style as supportive, holding them accountable to the financial goals we set together. It’s a personal subject. It can be difficult to open up. We establish trust and our sessions become a collaborative experience.
My passion for financial literacy is informed by my experience as the first person in my family to go to college (Stanford B.A.;FSU M.F.A.). A Texan with a professional dance background, I know what it’s like paying off credit card debt and student loans.
One thing that makes my day is when a client says, “I was really stressed out, but after talking to you, I don’t feel stressed out. I feel like I have a plan, someone in my corner, an expert on my side.”
Hardwired to think in systematic problem solving as a chemical engineer, I now enjoy being a resource for people trying to reach their financial goals, as a compassionate bridge between vision and results.
I wish I was taught about credit earlier on in life because I know how important it is, especially when you have goals like buying a home or a new car. Now, I’m excited about sharing that knowledge with clients everyday.
My passion is helping people solve money issues that make them feel isolated and alone by connecting them with life changing resources that are often available at little to no cost but aren’t easily accessible.
A decade ago, 41 percent of employers felt responsible for employee financial wellness. Today, that number has more than doubled to 97 percent, according to Bank of America.
Part of this historic spike is caused by the fact that employees need and increasingly expect help. Overall, 82 percent of employees now expect their employers to play a role in supporting their financial wellness.
Millennials and Gen Z workers, especially, expect employers to offer benefits and financial wellness support that previous generations couldn’t even imagine. They face financial challenges that their parents and grandparents did not. Millennial workers, twenty- to forty-somethings, are worse off financially than their parents’ generation for the first time in U.S history. At the same time, only one in ten or so Gen Z workers coming up behind them rate their financial wellness as high according to TIAA. Decades-high inflation and broader changes in our system of jobs and benefits have eroded the financial health of the U.S. workforce to the point where most U.S. workers have little shot at financial security. This reality is bad for businesses, organizations, and employees.
Financial stress hampers worker productivity and physical health, and adds to mental health challenges. It leads to higher rates of turnover. Employers increasingly understand these effects. This growing understanding leads to a growing demand for financial health benefits among employers. And it also contributes to the seismic shift afoot in feelings of responsibility among employers for their employees’ financial health.
Employers now know that most workers are stressed about money. It used to be that this stress largely fell on the shoulders of lower- and moderate-income workers. No longer. 63 percent of U.S. workers now live paycheck to paycheck including, nearly half of employees earning at least $100,000 per year.
Employers now know that most financially stressed employees are distracted by their finances at work and spend at least three hours per week on personal finance issues during work time.
And, increasingly, employers now know the connections among employee financial health, recruiting, retention, and productivity.
Given the seismic shift afoot, now is the time for you to maximize the benefits of a financially healthy workforce.