by Angela Fitzgerald This weekend I enjoyed a getaway to Milwaukee where I attended a Garden Party hosted by Social X, a social network intent on providing events for the young professional crowd. This was my second Social X event, and per usual, I had a great time! The planners did an amazing job in […]
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Financial Aid 101: What You Need to Know When You’re Heading Off to College
by Matiya Hill Welcome back to Brown Girl Green Money! Thank you for continuously reading and supporting our blog. As you all know the fall 2015 semester is going to start very soon for many college students. So, I decided to write an informational post about financial aid. I graduated from undergrad in 2006 and […]
Marriage and Money (Part 2)
by Jasmine Zapata, MD Welcome back to Brown Girl Green Money! Last week I shared a few of my personal reflections on the the topic of marriage and money. A brief recap: I met my husband when I was 16 years old. We were high school sweethearts and then after three years we decided to […]
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Marriage and Money (Part 1)
by Jasmine Zapata, MD Welcome back to Brown Girl Green Money! As a follow up to the awesome BGGM article Angie recently wrote entitled “In Consideration of My Future Spouse,” I thought I’d share a few of my personal reflections on this topic and a few lessons I’ve learned over the years regarding marriage and […]
Brown Girl Green Money: NYC Edition: If You Can Make it Here, You Can Make it Anywhere
By Matiya Hill July 31, 2015 Meryl Pritchard Matiya Hill As always, welcome back to Brown Girl Green Money! During the Fourth of July holiday I traveled to the city that never sleeps – yes, the beautiful New York City! I was there to tour the city and more importantly visit one of my best […]
Brown Girl Green Money: In Consideration of My Future Spouse
By Angela Fitzgerald July 24, 2015 Angela Fitzgerald I’ve been super health conscious as of late and the motivation to get it right and tight is driven by a friend’s upcoming nuptials in beautiful Jamaica – which I plan to attend. And while I don’t anticipate getting my groove back, as […]
Brown Girl, Green Money: College Scholarship Success
By Jasmine Zapata July 17, 2015 Jasmine Zapata Last week, I had the great honor of talking to a group of minority middle and high school students about preparing for college. It was awesome to see the excitement and passion in their eyes when talking about their future career goals and […]
Brown Girl Green Money: Navigating the Naysayers!
By Matiya Hill July 10, 2015 Matiya Hill Hi and welcome back to our blog! *insert big cyber hug* I’ll keep this post short and sweet. As some of you may know, I am tackling my student loan debt one day at a time, sweet Jesus. Lately I’ve noticed that I […]
Brown Girl Green Money: Marshmallows and Money: What Kind of Kid are You?
By Angela Fitzgerald July 3, 2015 Angela Fitzgerald Recently I had the pleasure of spending time with some pretty awesome and inspirational people. Those people are my 2- and 4-year-old nieces and 8-year-old nephew, all of whom I was able to spend time with during my annual summer trip home to […]
Brown Girl Green Money: For Failures Only
By Ashley Robertson June 26, 2015 Ashley Robertson This article is for all my financial failures out there. Now before you get offended, let me explain: You’ve plotted out an unbreakable, infallible, fool-proof debt freedom plan just to get sidetracked on week two. The runaway train that was once your debt […]