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What I wish I knew about money when I was a teen....

I recently led a financial wellness workshop to a group of teens. We talked about money mindset and community cultural wealth. After my workshop, my heart felt so full....and then I realized, "man, I wish I was told these things when I was a teen". I love talking about money with teens because th...

by Jasmine Lopez — May 20, 2025 latina speaker money mindset teens & money workshop facilitator

How scarcity impacted me, my relationships, and my finances:

Scarcity tells us there isn't enough time, money or opportunities. I have struggled with scarcity big time. I confess even after years of doing the healing work, I still find myself struggling with the lie of scarcity. Yet, I now have the tools and strategies to work through my scarcity; to ge...

by Jasmine Lopez — May 18, 2025 healing with money mental health money mindset my story

Here’s what's true? Money is just a tool...

Last year I read the book Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva. He shares his indigenious wisdom with how money is medicine, and how it's intended to heal. His book was revolutionary for me. It provided language around how I saw money, but didn't quite know how to articulate it. And now I s...

May 08, 2025 books healing with money money story

It's Mental Health Awareness Month

Let's talk about mental well-being and how it impacted my finances. How it all began.... In 2017 I was struggling with my mental health. I was spiraling and had no language to fully explain what I was feeling. The way I described it then was that there was some sort of disconnect between my b...

May 01, 2025 healing with money mental health money mindset

Podcast Guest | Latin American Educational Opportunities

In this podcast episode I shared my story with Kevin Muñoz on his podcast called: Latin American Educational Opportunities. Yall we talked about it all from me experiencing my bankruptcy during the Great Recession in 2010 to what rebuilding looked like for me, which included an intentional healin...

Apr 27, 2025

Podcast Guest | Elevating La Cultura Podcast

I joined my dear friend, Adriana Galvan of Adriana Talks Dinero to be on the Elevating La Cultura Podcast hosted by Karina, to talk about all things money.We both had led workshops at Latina Brilliance Mini Finance Summit back in March, and Karina thought it would be a great idea to do a live pod...

Apr 27, 2025 debt management healing with money money mindset podcast

Navigating the healthcare system uninsured

Recent data states that 27.1 million US Americans are uninsured (National Health Interview Survey.) It’s common knowledge that our healthcare system is broken and often inaccessible for many. In fact, I was uninsured for 5.5 years and had to learn how to get access to affordable healthcare tha...

Apr 26, 2025 health insurance uninsured

Podcast Guest | Chinga Tu Money

I connected with Mariel a few years ago when I hired her to help me openn my RothIRA. I was just beginning my investing journey and had no idea what I was doing. There's something really valuable about investing in others who know more than you, and this was an area that was not my expertise. ...

by Jasmine Lopez — Apr 18, 2025 money healing podcast guest

How I rebuilt after bankruptcy...

After we moved out of our home, our in-laws were gracious in housing us for a handful of weeks as we attempted to find an apartment. Filing for bankruptcy deeply impacts one's credit score....and yall ours was trashed. We had no money or savings...this also included no furniture. I had no idea ho...

Apr 18, 2025 financial trauma my story

My money healing journey

Have you ever thought about what is your money story? If not, now is the time. For me I gained a better understanding of my story when I went into therapy. It was in this space where I gained language for the experiences I had as a child and in my young adult life. I had no idea how much of my st...

by Jasmine Lopez — Apr 18, 2025 money story my story

I'm officially an AFC®

I did it! I’m excited to share I’m officially an AFC®. While I passed my exam back in Dec 2024, I hadn’t turned in my 1000 experience hours, so it wasn’t officially official. I set the goal to get it done in Q1, and while it was a close call I did jt. So why did I become an AFC?There’s so many re...

by Jasmine Lopez — Apr 18, 2025 afc® my story

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