Welcome to a space where this girl who wasn't supposed to leave her small town in the desert is now building wealth from everywhere.
I'm a first-gen Latina PhD, daughter of immigrants, and the oldest daughter who chose to leave the Coachella Valley and see the whole world. I talk about money, travel, and building a life nobody in my family had a map for.
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PhD in Leadership & Education
Coast FIRE achieved at 30
26 countries visited
$300k+ in student debt on track for forgiveness
1st Millionaire in my family loading…
This isn't your typical finance blog.
Growing up in the Coachella Valley as the oldest daughter of immigrants, nobody handed me a financial playbook. Nobody talked about 401(k)s at the dinner table. Nobody told me that studying abroad would change my entire life, or that a $50 investment at 24 could become something that buys back my freedom.
I figured it out — slowly, imperfectly, and with a lot of credit card debt along the way. Twice.
Now I'm an academic scholar-practitioner, a PhD, a soon-to-be wife getting married in Spain, and a first-gen millionaire in progress. My portfolio is projected at $276,000. I'm on track to have over $300,000 in student debt forgiven through PSLF. And I've visited 26 countries, 32 US states, and 7 Mexican states — most of it using credit card points.
This blog is everything I wish existed when I was 22, broke, and convinced that wealth was for other people.
It wasn't. And it isn't for you either.
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