The Foreign Language of Finance: Overcoming Cultural, Racial, and Gender Biases to Find Financial Success with the Financially Savvy Latina

Welcome back to Don’t Retire… Graduate! Today’s guest is Natalie Torres-Haddad MPA, AWA, a two-time TEDx speaker, award-winning author, and the host of Financially Savvy in 20 Minutes.

Natalie’s story of being raised by immigrants during the LA Riots, experiencing the cultural differences between the rich and poor, and learning about money the same way she learned a second language should serve as inspiration for anyone struggling to reach financial independence. 

We are so glad to have her here to share her story, discuss what it’s like to be successful in an industry in which you’re underrepresented, and that sometimes you just need to give yourself a little grace. 

In this episode we’ll talk about:
• Natalie’s upbringing and personal finance became a language she had to learn
• Being patient with yourself and figuring out what you can learn in 20 minutes each day 
• Generational and familial differences and how we all struggle differently 
• The field of finance and how breaking through it as a woman and/or a person of color is still a challenge 
• Figuring out what works for you and giving yourself grace
• Learning from your mistakes more than when things go well

Visit dontretiregraduate.com for a full transcript of this episode.

About Nathalie Torres-Haddad:
She is an international award winning author, educator and bilingual podcast host of Financially Savvy in 20 Minutes. Her expertise has been featured in Forbes, Huffington Post, LA Times, and many news outlets like Telemundo and Fox. 
A two time TEDx speaker known for her talk “The foreign language of financial literacy”. 
Some of her videos have received over a million views and is a sought out keynote speaker all over the country as a financial literacy and mental health advocate. A first generation college graduate from CSULB, in Finance and International Business with a Masters from CSUN, she focuses on helping those with debt and working toward financial independence. Her first children's book in 2020 Made the #1 best seller on Amazon: "A dress to remember" based on the nonprofit LA's Prom Closet she had for several years. Born in El Salvador, and raised in Inglewood she quickly understood that the lack of financial literacy limits her community of basic human rights and equality in resources. She started investing in real estate at age 24 and began her career advocating for financial literacy.  
http://financiallysavvyin20minutes.com/