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Friday Follow: Representation Matters. Celebrating Black History Month with AFC® Candidate, Annette Harris

Annette Harris is a financial coach and owner of Harris Financial Coaching where she helps clients enhance their financial skills and achieve their debt reduction and savings goals. With her background in human resources, she also helps clients figure out ways to advance their careers while maximizing their income and...

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Friday Follow: Meant2BFree

Tash Billie is the Co-Founder and CEO at Meant2BFree where she provides services to help financial professionals whose clients are at the beginning of their wealth-building journey. AFCPE: Tell us a little about Meant2BFree and how you started.  Tash: Meant2BFree is the product of being excluded from the luxury of...

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Friday Follow: Get to know AFCPE’s new Special Groups Manager

My Name: Kate Mielitz, aka K8, formerly known as “Dr. M” My Work: Special Groups Manager My Roots: Born in Wyoming (Go Pokes!), call Oregon home. Currently making my way back to the Pacific Northwest as efficiently as possible. My Passion: Working with people and money, sharing my own mistakes...

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Friday Follow: Get to know AFCPE’s new Certification Administrative Coordinator

My Name: Kay Robinson My Work:  Certification Administrative Coordinator My Roots: I was born in Alabama, but I have lived in several states as a military spouse. My Passion: I want everyone, regardless of their current financial situation, to understand how financial literacy can change their life! Financial literacy is...

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Friday Follow: Get to know AFCPE’s new Member Services Coordinator

My Name: Bridgett Graham My Work: Member Services CoordinatorMy Roots: I’m what they call a G.R.I.T (Girl Raised in the South)! Born and raised in South Carolina.My Passion: Helping families and individuals work through hard changes in their lives. I have a background in Social Work so I have been in...

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Friday Follow: Get to know AFCPE’s new Education Coordinator

My Name: Jessie Jimenez My Work: Education Coordinator My Roots: I was raised in southern California, but spent much of my adult life in Northern California. I've settled in Oregon now, just south of Portland.  My Passion: Working as an educator and providing financial literacy opportunities is really my passion....

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#FridayFollow: Breaking Out of the Financial Aid Fog

Lorna Saboe-Wounded Head works with consumers across South Dakota to help them increase their financial knowledge and implementation of financial behaviors to empower them to make financial decisions. AFCPE: What led you to a career in personal finance? And what inspires you to continue doing this work today? Lorna: My...

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#FridayFollow: Everyone deserves an opportunity for financial freedom

Nicole Standish, AFC® is a personal financial counselor that works primarily with military personnel and their families, helping them build financial literacy and  gain control of their finances.  AFCPE: What led you to a career in personal finance? And what inspires you to continue doing this work today? Nicole: I...

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#FridayFollow: Teaching Youth to Soar: Marcy Reyes and the FLY Initiative

Marcy Reyes, AFC® is a social entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of The Financial Literacy Youth (FLY) Initiative, a non-profit organization that provides culturally responsive financial literacy programming to underserved and underrepresented students; empowering youth with the knowledge, skills and experiences to end generational poverty. Marcy is also an...

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#FridayFollow: No Fear Finance

Getting to know Sara DeSantis, AFC® Candidate Sara is a professional of many skills and wears many hats! She is a librarian working as a content portfolio specialist on-site at Eli Lilly and Company where she manages all of the subscriptions and journals for the library. She has also been...

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#FridayFollow: Building an Accessible Financial Coaching Practice

Getting to know Melissa Mittelstaedt, AFC® Candidate Melissa is a Money Coach for women entrepreneurs, whether they have a side hustle, a full time 1099 operation, or run a small business --she partners with them to ensure financial stability.  AFCPE: What led you to a career in personal finance? And...

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#FridayFollow: A Celebration of Equality, Unity, and Acceptance

Getting to know Michael Roush, MA, AFC® Michael Roush, M.A., AFC® is the Director of the Center for Disability-Inclusive Community Development (CDICD) at National Disability Institute (NDI). His work is focused on building a better financial future for communities that are often left out of mainstream social, economic, and educational...

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