I've been working in the Non-Profit field for the past few years. I never pictured myself in this line of work. My 8th grade Publications/English teacher once told me she saw me as a future C.E.O. of a company. At this time I didn't even know what a C.E.O. was. After looking it up, I thought that it wasn't such a bad career to have and I guess my performance as yearbook editor was showing my early skills for leadership.
Fast forward to college and I decided to make my major Business Administration with an emphasis on Entrepreneurship. I was going to fulfill my teachers prediction of being a C.E.O. After receiving my Bachelors degree from Chapman University I worked in several different businesses, always performing my best and hoping for that promotion to be able to work my way up the corporate ladder. I was determined to have a high paying salary at a young age.
However, parenthood changes you. For me, being a mother my priorities shifted. I wanted to watch my son grow up. I wanted to be a part of his early education. Short of quitting my job working for a local retail jewelry company, I got a job where I could fulfill both the need to make my own money to be self-sufficient as well as spend more time with my son. I worked at a parent participation preschool where I could take my son with me to work. I only worked a 20 hour week, which was rough on my finances but the ability to not have to leave my son with anyone and watch him as he grew and learned during the most important years of his development was priceless to me.
I kept at it and when my son started full day preschool at Punana Leo o Wai'anae, an opportunity came up for me to obtain a full time position in the same non-profit organization. Today, I am still working for that program. However, being that I have my Bachelors and I am currently working towards my Masters Degree in Organizational Change at Hawaii Pacific University, I know that I still have the opportunity to be a C.E.O. but this time for my own non-profit organization that I will help to create and build.
My passion is financial literacy, thus the birth of this blog. Even though I am still in school going for my Masters I wanted to further my knowledge in Financial Education. Today, I signed up to go through a training to get my certification as a Certified Financial Education Instructor. Training starts in March and I will be certified shortly after.
My dream is to provide financial education to those from all levels of income. To empower people to understand how to make money work for you and not you work for your money. My hope is to reduce financial stress amongst families that I bare witness too everyday, so that they may have a better quality of life. To get our people off of the system and be self-sufficient and prosperous doing something that they love and enjoy.
I hope that many of you will follow me or join me on this journey and I welcome any feedback or suggestions. I cannot fulfil this dream on my own, but I will do everything in my power to make this dream a reality.
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