Episode 122: Budgeting for Dummies featuring Athena Valentine Lent

<p dir="ltr">Today’s episode features the incomparable Athena Valentine Lent, the Money Smart Latina! Athena is a personal finance advice columnist with Slate Magazine and the author of the upcoming book Budgeting for Dummies. Athena shares her story and her path into personal finance as well as her passion behind uplifting and amplifying the voices of marginalized folks in the community. If you want to hear the strength of the human story, this episode is for you!</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>In this episode, we chat about:</strong></p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Overcoming a lack of education in personal finance</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Supporting marginalized voices and bringing equality into money talk</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Athena’s upcoming release with the #1 book series ever written!</p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">Athena's new book, <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Budgeting-Dummies-Athena-Valentine-Lent/dp/1119985145/ref=asc_df_1119985145/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=642189916799&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1250551140748585877&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9051507&hvtargid=pla-1866120144188&psc=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6cKiBhD5ARIsAKXUdyao8bFKpidNV_0d07rNCIo3gGGC1uecIte1famUaiAMOzYhR7pv2pcaAoTcEALw_wcB"> Budgeting for Dummies</a> will be released May 9, 2023</li> </ul> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">CONNECT WITH TODAY’S GUEST, ATHENA: </p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Budgeting-Dummies-Athena-Valentine-Lent/dp/1119985145/ref=asc_df_1119985145/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=642189916799&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1250551140748585877&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9051507&hvtargid=pla-1866120144188&psc=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6cKiBhD5ARIsAKXUdyao8bFKpidNV_0d07rNCIo3gGGC1uecIte1fa