Episode 108- From $300k Debt to Millionaire: How Bernadette backed Kamala’s Campaign in a swing state
From $300k Debt to Millionaire: How Bernadette backed Kamala’s Campaign in a swing state
In this episode, we’re getting spicy. We’re getting political. Listen to how Bernadette Joy Cruz Maulion, a money coach and author, crushed $300k in debt to founding Crush Your Money Goals®.
In 2016, she was faced with so much debt that she couldn’t feel like she could make an impact in politics. Now, as a multimillionaire, she used her financial freedom to get involved AF in the 2024 election and educate herself and her audience on what was at stake.
Hear about her impactful work on the Kamala Harris campaign in North Carolina, as well as the hard conversations she had with white women, many of whom were in the closest proximity to white male Trump supporters, and how so many of her clients are deciding to leave their Trumps supporting partners. Bye!
We also talk self-advocacy as a woman of color, especially in the world of publishing, where she fought to have her own image as an Asian woman featured on the cover of her book.
As the 8th child in her father’s brood of nine and a first-gen Filipina-American, Bernadette understands those who feel like they missed the money memo.
She’s also the CEO of Crush Your Money Goals®, a personal finance training company serving up education with a side of pizzazz. She’s featured monthly in Forbes, CNBC, and CNET and appeared on more than 30 podcasts, radio and television shows.
Now she works 20 hours a week to focus her financial freedom on joy: K-Pop, yoga, karaoke and spoiling her nieces and nephews as their traveling rich auntie.
Her highly anticipated 1st book, Crush Your Money Goals®, is out now!
You can find her as @bernadebtjoy on YouTube and Instagram.
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Charly is a formerly undocumented digital nomad helping first gen clients embody their millionaire selves. Charly’s clients go from feeling guilty and anxious about money to feeling empowered to make money moves and PLAY more. Work 1:1 with them here.
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