How does the denial of fair credit contribute to wealth gaps in our society? It’s simple. When women aren’t treated equally by financial institutions, we are unable to acquire fair dollar loans to pursue wealth-generating opportunities. These opportunities include mortgages to purchase homes (how 80% of the population grows wealth) and build businesses (women receive just 7% of venture funds for their startups).
And how can we fix it? Read More
I’m not here to judge anyone for a lack of financial wisdom: shit, I’ve got miles to go myself. There were things I didn’t know about retirement planning until this year – that’s ten full wasted years from my first paycheck. I’ve missed out on large chunks of change simply by “living life” instead of putting individuals who knew better in place to assist me. I didn’t know any different: just some dumb kid from India that showed up and got lucky.
Yet now, knowing what I know – knowing that my peers have availed double-digit growth rates while I’ve been dragging my feet makes me wonder what else they know that I don’t. What do legacy systems afford you that the individual, especially a person who is in the midst of struggle, doesn’t have access to? Read More
I want to honor and trumpet the women that 100 years ago got the vote, I am also proud and grateful to be a recipient of the hard work of female voters, male allies, female lawyers, female and male judges and female politicians who have continued to fight for equal representation under the law of this land. We are not finished, and hopefully a walk down legal memory lane displays the continued and collective effort need to protect, change and defend equal rights for all genders, sex and race under the law. Read More