Make a change and heal your relationship with money.

I know that money management can be anxiety-inducing or absolutely paralyzing. I know because I've been there myself.

You may feel stuck in an ever-revolving door of debt with no end in sight.
You may feel the inability to save extra money for your big goals, like contributing to your retirement or starting or growing your own business.
You may feel the inability to control your spending, despite all your efforts to track expenses or budget.
You may be unwilling to negotiate a higher salary at your job.
You and your significant other may find it difficult to broach the complicated issue of money in your relationship.

No matter how hard you have tried tackling your money issues, your goals evade you.
You feel deeply afraid of confronting your money in the first place.
The feelings and emotions that come up around money are too big to confront.

If any of this resonates with you, you may be struggling with at least some degree of financial anxiety.
That's because money management has to go beyond just the numbers.
Believe it or not, we bring our emotional baggage and past traumas to the way we interact with our money.
It can be overwhelming to know where to even start healing this part of your money life.

That's where I come in.
As an Accredited Financial Counselor and Certified Financial Social Work Coach, I bring heart and healing to money management.
I help my clients address the complex feelings and emotions behind their money.
I foster awareness and reflection in a safe and non-judgmental space.

Financial anxiety can keep the best of us from reaching our full financial potential.
Together, let's heal from our financial anxiety.

Your Financial Healing Coach,

As immigrants from the Philippines, my parents were often victims of loan sharking, predatory financial misinformation, and an unjust lack of financial education that resulted in costly mistakes. Somehow, they figured it out with four daughters! After I graduated college, I overcame a healthy dose debt (~$100,000) with large helpings of anxiety and hopelessness along the way. It took me some time and some therapy to accept that this was my version of generational wealth – I inherited a system that preys on populations who find themselves in vulnerable or desperate situations.

Thankfully, I survived that crushing debt and lack of knowledge, but not without patience, humility, and more patience. I made it my mission to be my family's personal finance nerd, with the help of early personal finance blogs such as NerdWallet and Money Under 30.

My real-life, hard-knock financial experiences paired with my training as an Accredited Financial Counselor and Certified Financial Social Work Coach help me bring deep understanding, healing, and heart to money management for my clients. I provide non-judgmental spaces for my clients to work through their financial anxiety, traumas, and hardships.

I am also a financial educator for Financial Beginnings, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing financial education programs to students of all ages and at no cost. As you can see, I live and breathe financial empowerment! It is my life's work to change the world one budget at a time.

I love adventuring with my family, cooking Filipino food to connect with my culture, singing karaoke all night long, and supporting my community.