I used to say to people, for my family when we came here, we had to move a lot of our funds here.

And I said to my friends, I say, I think I'm impacting the economy here more than many people that were born here.

So don't make it look like you have a right and I don't know.

I'm not only adding value to this community.

I actually had to move resources here, a lot of resources, for my family to be situated here for months and almost years,

you know, without earning an income here. I did bring value here. So I encourage immigrants all

the time. Do not feel like you don't deserve it. You're listening to Yo Quiero Dino,

a personal finance podcast for the modern Latina. I'm your host, Janice Torres Rodriguez, personal finance expert, speaker, writer, and business coach.

I teach women of color how to build wealth and gain financial independence through side hustles and investing.

On this show, we're serving up POC-friendly personal finance knowledge, always with a side of SaaS.

We're talking about how to make dinero, how to keep it, and how to make it grow. If you're ready to become Poderosa with your

Dinero, you've come to the right place.

Hello, my gente. Welcome back to another episode of Yo Quero Dinero the podcast.

This is your host, Janice.

And today we're going to be talking about how to navigate your finances as an immigrant with Fiji Adum of Immigrants Thrive.

Fiji is founder of Immigrants Thrive, a financial education platform that serves immigrants to North America.

By empowering them with the knowledge, tools, and resources, they need to save more, pay off debt,

build wealth in a sustainable way, and give back to their communities.

A native of Nigeria, she worked in the international finance industry for over eight years,

and soon realized that many financial professionals are just selling

products rather than educating their clients. Fiji uses her platform to provide the financial

education needed to traverse the complicated world of finance and investing in North America.

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