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How one AFC Candidate uses experience, education, talent, and passion to educate the masses.Sara Lohse is an AFC® Candidate and the Director of Marketing at BFG Financial Advisors. She creates financial resources to help people of all ages build their path to financial freedom and change the way we think about...

March 11, 2022

Get to Know AFCPE’s New 2022 Board Members Rita Green and Lucy Delgadillo and learn what questions they have for you!Welcome, Rita Green, AFC®My Work:  I have a training and consulting firm where I specialize in supporting other organizations who promote financial capability, homeownership, entrepreneurship, and community development.  I've also...

March 04, 2022

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...

February 25, 2022

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...

February 18, 2022

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...

February 11, 2022

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...

February 04, 2022

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...

January 21, 2022

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....

January 14, 2022

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...

November 19, 2021

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...

October 22, 2021

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...

October 15, 2021

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...

August 27, 2021