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Financial Literacy & Wealth Education

Most financial decisions go wrong because nobody explained the options first. We teach the fundamentals in plain language — to individuals and families, and to employers, schools and community organizations who want it for the people they serve.

Your Educator’s Credentials
MBA — Marketing & Healthcare Administration B.S. — Finance Certified Financial Education Instructor (CFEI) 20+ Years, U.S. Air Force
Where To Start

Most people do the right things. In the wrong order.

Know.
$948

What the average U.S. adult says a lack of personal finance knowledge cost them last year — in fees, interest, penalties and opportunities missed.

National Financial Educators Council, annual self-reported survey
Buffer.
37%

of U.S. adults could not cover an unexpected $400 expense using cash or savings. The buffer step is unglamorous, and it's the one most people skip.

Federal Reserve, Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking
Debt.
55%

of credit cardholders carried a balance in the past year — often at a rate in the double digits. That's a guaranteed cost very little else in your financial life can match, in either direction.

Federal Reserve, May 2026 study
Build.
Nearly 60%

of Americans have a retirement savings account — but that jumps to 83% among $100K+ households and falls to 28% under $50K. Consistency matters more than the amount you start with.

Gallup, May 2026
What We Teach

One framework. Six real decisions.

Every session — whether it's a one-on-one conversation, a guide, or a workshop for your organization — starts with the same six-step order of operations: knowing what actually moves in your budget, building a cash buffer, clearing expensive debt, protecting the income everything else depends on, building consistently for later, and deciding what happens to what you've built. That sequence is the entry point, not the ceiling. Underneath it is real depth in money psychology and behavioral finance — why the math is simple and the follow-through isn't — along with inflation, retirement fundamentals, and the investment fundamentals that make “building consistently” actually work over time. The fourth and sixth steps connect directly to the Protect and Preserve pillars, for anyone who wants to go deeper there.

The one thing worth checking tonight: whether you're capturing your full employer 401(k) match. If your plan matches contributions and you're not putting in enough to get the whole thing, that's free money you're walking away from — a guaranteed return nothing else in your financial life can match. It takes five minutes to check your last pay stub or log into your plan, and it's the highest return-per-hour task on this entire page.
Free Resource
The Financial Clarity Guide

A plain-English guide to the six-step framework above — what to do with your money, and when. No pitch, no products, just the sequence explained clearly.

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For Organizations
Bring This to Your Team

Financial wellness workshops for employers, schools and community organizations — built around the same framework, sized to your group.

National Financial Educators Council — Certified Financial Education Instructor (CFEI) Workshops are led by a Certified Financial Education Instructor, credentialed through the National Financial Educators Council.
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Education Is the Front Door.
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