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These 48 Women Are Making a Difference in Financial Literacy (Updated)
The Plutus Foundation supports women advocating for financial education and financial literacy, and we’re proud to have offered grants and sponsorships to a number of innovative and creative women.
On International Women’s Day, we are highlighting women who are making a difference in their local and online communities. These leaders are helping the financial media have a more complete conversation about money, investing, retirement, and other important topics.
Tiffany Aliche
Plutus Award-winning founder of The Budgetnista and the Live Richer Challenge, where she inspires women to take control of their finances, helped write law in NJ for money classes in schools.
Emily Guy Birken
Freelance writer, Plutus Awards winner, author of five personal finance books including End Financial Stress Now — which had a cameo on the ABC show The Middle.
Patrina Dixon
Founder of It'$ My Money and recipient of a Plutus Foundation grant for her program It'$ My Money Financial Summit.
Ashley Feinstein Gerstley
Founder of The Fiscal Femme and author of Financial Adulting.
Jen Hemphill
Financial counselor, founder of Her Money Matters Podcast.
Tanja Hester
Founder of Plutus Award-winning Our Next Life, proponent of financial independence for all, author of Work Optional: Retire Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way.
Amanda Holden
Blogger at Dumpster Dog Blog, Plutus Awards finailst, teacher of long-term financial planning for women on her hilarious blog and with her flagship course, Investing 101.
Mykail James
Founder of Boujie Budgeter where she creates content for young professionals.
Stephonee Kibler
Founder of Poorer Than You and The Middletons, a website focused on financial issues facing middle to lower income individuals and families.
Kitty and Piggy
Founders of hilarious Plutus Award-winning blog Bitches Get Riches, empowering women to earn more money and take care of their finances.
Candice Marie Latham
Speaker, founder of Young Yet Wise Way, inspires ambitious professional woman to get better at mastering their money and other areas of their life.
Melanie Lockert
Plutus Award-winning author of Dear Debt and the Dear Debt blog, advocate for mental health, founder of The Lola Retreat, a speaking event for women.
Erin Lowry
Founder, speaker, creator of #GYFLT and the Broke Millennial blog, and author of Plutus Award-winning Broke Millennial and Broke Millennial Takes On Investing.
Naseema McElroy
Founder of Financially Intentional and host of the Financially Intentional podcast, A twice-weekly podcast covering all things personal finance.
Shannon McLay
Founder of Martinis and Your Money, founder and CEO of The Financial Gym, where anyone needing money advice can find an affordable personal finance trainer.
Regina Moore
Dr. Regina Moore is co-creator (with Angela Rozmyn) of Women's Personal Finance, an advocate for women in financial independence.
Helaine Olen
Washington Post opinions reporter, co-author of The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated, author of Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry.
Emma Pattee
Co-founder (with Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez) of Statement Event, a retreat for women in the financial industry to discuss how to change the perception of women in the industry as well as amplify their voices.
Courtney Richardson
Founder, The Ivy Investor, a resource for women seeking to navigate the maze of the investment world in simple terms.
Revanche
Writer and blogger at A Gai Shan Life, shedding light on caring for aging parents, as well as parental financial abuse.
Angela Rozmyn
Blogger at Tread Lightly, Retire Early, co-creator of Women's Personal Finance with Regina Moore, an advocate for women in financial independence.
Adrienne Taylor
Founder of Tailored WealthSaver and recipient of a Plutus Foundation grant for her program, WealthSavers Closing the Gap.
Tanya Van Court
Entrepreneur, founder of Goalsetter, a goal-based savings platform for kids that builds excitement about saving money.
Kristin Wong
Freelance writer, speaker, and author of Get Money: Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life You Can Afford, featured in a number of national outlets including Buzzfeed, The New York Times, and Lifehacker (where she created the Two Cents blog).
This is not not a complete list. There are hundreds of women working every day to educate, advocate, and promote financial literacy in our schools, communities, and homes, and we wish we could mention all of them.
We acknowledge the hard work that they do to change the conversation around money. We are all smarter and more aware of our finances because of their efforts.
If you know a woman in personal finance and she’s not mentioned here, please let us know so we can add her to The Plutus Awards’ Women Making a Difference Twitter list.