Hello, listeners. Our goal at Marketplace is to raise the economic intelligence of the country,

and that goes for teens and young adults, too. The newest season of Financially Inclined, hosted by

Janelli Espinall, tackles topics like how to align your values with your money decisions,

the skill of negotiating, and what you can get out of internships.

Financially inclined is presented in partnership with Greenlight, the debit card and money app for teens.

Greenlight helps teens learn to earn, save, spend wisely, and invest.

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Claudette Powell moved to L.A. with the classic Hollywood dream, to make it big as an actress and comedian.

23 years later, she found herself on set, but not in the way she'd hoped.

I was getting props for the shoot, and they kept saying, we need more guns, more blood, more guns.

And we were getting gallons and gallons of fake blood, and I just thought, this is what I do for a living.

Claudette was on set at a photo shoot for an action movie.

She worked in advertising at a major film studio, crafting promotional images for blockbusters.

It was 2012, a big year for dark, gory superhero movies.

She had a job many people would kill for, but L.A. had taken a toll on her.

In the years of failed auditions and dank comedy clubs, the glitz of the city

had faded.

Quietly, a new dream had started to take hold, one that seemed even more outlandish than making

it as an actress. But to make this dream happen, she'd have to pay off the debt she'd

racked up over the years.

I had, probably at that point, I hope you're sitting down, as I'm saying this.

I am. Okay. I had about $150,000 in debt.

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