My Story

My name is Tai and I’m a financial and money mindset coach. I’m obsessed with helping people eliminate debt, build their net worth, heal their money mindset and navigate their first homebuying experience.

I grew up with the most supportive family, but we didn’t discuss financial education. To add insult to injury, financial literacy courses weren’t on any curriculum during my entire academic career. As a result, I made a ton of mistakes and felt super guilty and behind in life. Why couldn’t I figure out how to start “adulting?”

Things came to a head after my husband and I got married. A few months after we moved in, I came home from work to see a bright orange “DELINQUENT” notice on our door because we had missed a rent payment. It was embarrassing because everyone in the complex could see it but I was also terrified and vowed to never be in that position again. I was going to figure out our finances if it was the last thing I ever did.

So I leaned into the online personal finance world. At the time, it was still young and not very diverse but I devoured and applied everything I could. We made some progress but I still felt like something was missing. The turning point came when I hired a financial accountability coach to help us communicate and keep us on track. It’s one thing to know what to do but it’s another to have someone make sure you’re applying it. This is when the rubber hit the road.

I started coaching clients while working through my own financial journey. I then became a loan officer and helped homeowners refinance their homes or make their first purchase. Through this process, I improved my own finances while guiding others.

My husband and I saved $10,000 in our emergency fund and paid off $10,000 in debt and have since bought our first home in November 2020.