Hello everyone this is Paula Shocumve. I'm the founder and CEO of Clever Girl Finance and welcome to the Clever

Girls No podcast. So today on the podcast I have one of my girlfriends, Foe Alexander, back as a guest to have a conversation with me about life,

business, and finances, including how we're both spending and investing our money differently

in this season.

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Okay so a bit more about FO Alexander. FO is a millennial personal finance expert whose story of paying off nearly

47,000 dollars of debt in less than six months took the internet by storm.

She is editor-in-chief of the Mama and Money blog, a motherhood and personal finance platform for women,

as well as the founder of the Girl Talk with FO blog and Podcast, where she shares financial resources for women.

So on this episode, Foe and I talked about how the pandemic has affected our lifestyles,

what our biggest concerns are, where we see the biggest opportunities,

how our spending and investing has changed, and so much more.

And it was a very casual conversation, so we kind of go off on different topics,

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