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Find out how one of a popular social media finance star juggles both fame and a desk job while building a career with entrepreneurship at its core. Hear how she got her start on TikTok, advice for those looking to build their own personal brand, as well as what it's like working in corporate while blowing up on social media and how to balance both worlds.

Michela @breakyourbudget has been a personal finance junkie for as long as she can remember, and she created Break Your Budget as a platform to help other young women in their 20’s navigate their finances. After graduating college with a Finance Degree and working in the industry, she realized how fortunate she was to have a formal financial education and actually understand what to do with my money.

If you've ever wondered what it's really like being a finance influencer, check out this week's episode. We chat with Seth Godwin, Russel Faigen, and Mark Setlock, financial experts and creators who has built up a following by giving straightforward, valuable finance insight in exciting ways on TikTok. TikTok has completely blown up, but its most popular creators are not necessarily the ones with the biggest followings. In fact, some of the hottest TikTok stars right now focus on finance. Listen in to hear about her daily life as an influencer, and why someone might become a finfluencer - even if they don't necessarily have a traditional finance background!

In this episode, you'll learn how astrology and witchcraft mix together to form one magical subject. Andrea Mora, viral TikTok marketer, provides insight into the basics of astrology, and important facts about witchcraft.

Andrea is a digital marketing and branding expert born in Venezuela, raised in 5 countries, and currently based in Los Angeles. Throughout her career, Andrea has had the opportunity to help companies like Tencent, Adobe Systems, TikTok, YouTube, The Female Quotient, PTTOW!, WORLDZ, and more, reach larger audiences and tell authentic stories through social media strategies, content production, and curation. Her multicultural and young approach breathes new life into global brands and successfully targets Millennial and Gen Z audiences with her strategies.

Financially unsatisfied? Frustrated with your finances? Good news, Brittney Castro, a registered CFP, shares her top tips in this interview that will help you learn build wealth, pay off your debt faster, and maybe even inspire you to open your own practice.

Brittney Castro is a leading speaker, host and brand ambassador with over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. Her passion for financial literacy has led her to create opportunities for those who need additional education on their financial decisions. At the age of 22, Brittney began her career as a financial advisor and at 28 launched her own Registered Investment Advisory, Financially Wise Inc. Over those 15 years, she worked with thousands of clients on their financial journeys. In 2020, she sold her private practice to focus all her time on speaking, content creation, and brand partnerships. 

Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. It requires a certain level of passion and perseverance that most people don't have. There are many challenges that come with this path, including working with business partners, managing employees and exploring the unknown. This episode features the Priceless stories of Viren Tellis who shares his experiences on overcoming the obstacles and finding success.


From a starting a Quiznos franchise in his early 20s during the worst financial crisis of the century, to building the charity-focused technology company Hedado many years later - meet Viren Tellis. Viren Tellis is the founder and CEO of Hedado, a tech company for donors to manage their philanthropy. Tellis graduated from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management and started working at Cornerstone Research. During 2005, Tellis also pursued his own business venture with friends: opening a Quiznos franchise. After dissolving the franchise in 2008 due to the Recession, Tellis decided to start Hedado years later because he wanted to work on something that combined his passion for technology with his entrepreneurial spirit. 

In this episode, you'll hear from social media influencers including Owen Holt, JT Casey, and friends 19 to 22 talk about their lives back home in Florida to making that transition in LA. They talk about the difficulties, the benefits, and how they've been establishing themselves as working professionals in Los Angeles. You'll learn invaluable advice from young people who are building their careers on new media.

Today, 75% of children ages 6 to 17 want to become social media influencers: 1 in 3 aspire to be a YouTuber (34.2%), 1 in 5 desire to be a blogger or vlogger (18.1%), 1 in 6 would like to be a pop or movie star (16% and 15.7% respectively). Being an influencer has opened up a way for Gen Z to make a living and kids are making hundreds of thousands out in LA posting content online. Watch this episode if you want to hear a glimpse of what this dream lifestyle is like.