One of the things I really have a heart for is children and education, particularly financial literacy.

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Welcome to another episode of New York. and building wealth equity. Thanks for joining us. Kiddick, credit, get it, Kiddick, Kiddick, Kiddick, Kiddick.

I'm Anna Jackson and I'm here with Lance Baleen.

Lance, welcome to our show.

Annika, thank you for happening.

Absolutely.

I would really love for you to tell our audience a little bit about you.

I think you have some very great, unique perspectives on finance, credit, and taxes and how to build wealth.

And so I'm really excited to dive into this conversation with you today.

I as well.

Awesome.

Yeah, so please share with us.

What is your background? How did you grow up learning about finance, wealth creation, taxes, all those things that are kind of or have been taboo in the past that we're now trying to put out in the open and talk about with our families?

Yeah, I grew up in a small town in Missouri, and so I was raised

by my parents and my siblings that we would, you know, get jobs and work. I was kind of expected.

And so I started mowing yards at the age of, you know, 13, 14, and was able to, for some reason, I say, I would just divine intervention

just allowed me to think about money a little differently than my sister and brother. And I was

always working and saving and saying, okay, this is going to be for, for example, my first car.

And so I was able to, you know, accumulate money and save that and then buy my first

car. And then I buy the nice stereo system that my parents didn't want to me to get because

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