by Jasmine Zapata, MD Hello! Welcome to this week’s edition of Brown Girl Green Money. We are a social network of women of color working to achieve financial freedom and inspire each other along the way. Thanks for joining us again this week. As a physician, one of my personal interests as a part of […]
The Man Cave Volume 1: An Interview with Esun Hudson
by Angela Fitzgerald Good day all, and welcome to another edition of Brown Girl Green Money. For several months now we have been writing articles with the goal of empowering other women of color to pursue (and ultimately conquer) their personal finance goals. Today we want to switch it up a bit and include men […]
Investing: Where Do I Start?
by Matiya Hill Welcome back Brown Girl Green Money readers! The purpose of this post is to discuss the oooh-so exciting topic of investing! I chose to discuss mutual funds, roth IRAs and traditional IRAs. Hopefully this information will be helpful to all potential investors. Honestly, I don’t have much experience in this area but […]
The War on Childhood Poverty
By Jasmine Zapata, MD Hello! Welcome to this week’s edition of Brown Girl Green Money. We are a social network of women of color working to achieve financial freedom and inspire each other along the way. Thanks for joining us again this week. A few months ago, I wrote about the importance of discovering your […]
The Case For Kevin
By Angela Fitzgerald I have a tendency to become one-track minded, which essentially means that when I am fixated on something, it’s hard for me to let that something go. This trait has proven to be both helpful and harmful, where I am more likely to follow through on goals, but may be more resistant […]
Year-End Checkpoint: Are You Heading in the Right Direction?
by Matiya Hill Welcome back to Brown Girl Green Money, and thank you for reading this post! 2015 is moving along so quickly, fall is now upon us, and in the blink of an eye it will be 2016! I was at brunch with friends last weekend, and we shared our goals and objectives for […]
An Interview with Certified Public Accountant Shawana Jackson
by Jasmine Zapata, MD Hello! Welcome to this week’s edition of Brown Girl Green Money. We are a social network of women of color working to achieve financial freedom and inspire each other along the way. Thanks for joining us again this week! This month, we have been exploring the pros and cons of home […]
To Be or Not to Be… A Homeowner, That Is
by Angela Fitzgerald One of the most difficult transitions for me has been becoming a full-fledged adult, as the numerous decisions, responsibilities, and expectations can be overwhelming. I’m still very much a popcorn- for-dinner college student in my head. One adult decision is determining whether to become a homeowner. I faced this decision 6 years […]
Renting: Why it Works for me
by Matiya Hill Hi everyone! Welcome back to this week’s issue of Brown Girl Green Money, thank you for your continuous support. This week I chose to follow up on Jasmines article from last week: Buying vs. Renting. Let me start by saying I would love to own multiple properties in the future. But at […]
Buying vs. Renting
by Jasmine Zapata, MD Welcome to this week’s issue of Brown Girl Green Money. We are a collective of women of color working to reach financial freedom and inspire each other along the way. Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Today, I want to introduce a new series that BGGM will be […]