The dumbest thing Shay ever did with money is a story told at RetailMeNot.com.
Financial Education Speaker & Author Shay Olivarria’s whole career has been built on sharing the mistakes she made with others in hope that those mistakes could be avoided by others. Now, she shares the biggest money mistake of her life with Emma Johnson at Retail Me Not.
Smart people make dumb mistakes all the time. That’s why they’re smart—they learn from their mistakes. Even smarter? Learning from other people’s mistakes! Instead of screwing up your own finances, check out these doozies committed by financial professionals.
Financial Education Speaker & Author Shay Olivarria was on the Multicultural Familia Radio Show a while ago. For those that were not able to join us, Shay has taken the time to jot down a few thoughts about the major themes covered in the interview. Here are a few things that were covered:
Why are you so passionate about money management? What prompted you to become a financial educator to kids and young adults?
I’m passionate because of all the mistakes I made in my youth! I even named them my most recent book, All My Mistakes. I look back and think, “Why didn’t anyone tell me to invest a percentage of my income?” or “Why didn’t anyone tell me about the beauty of compound interest?”. I started Bigger Than Your Block back in 2007 because I had been working with youth and I noticed that the things I didn’t know back then, they didn’t know right now. I wanted to help them learn from the mistakes that I made.
What are some financial mistakes that you’ve made and how did you overcome them?
There are so many, where should I begin? I’d have to say that the worst mistake I made was not taking advantage of compound interest. I talk a lot about the mistakes and how to avoid them in 10 Things College Students Need to Know About Money. If I had invested only $50 per month from the time I started working at sixteen until I completed undergrad when I was about twenty six (ten years) I would have amassed $6,000. Let’s pretend that I had invested that money every month into an investment account that returned 8% per year (the average is 10% over most ten year periods, so I’m being conservative), I would have $9,000 at the end of those ten years. That’s $3,000 that was given to me because of compound interest. Let’s take it a step further and say that I never put another dollar into that account and I just let it grow. That $9,000 would turn into $217,000 by retirement! Imagine if I had kept it up!
Shay Olivarria will be speaking with Amanda (@MarocMama) and Chantilly (@BiculturalMom) of Multicultural Familia about personal finance.
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On Wednesday’s show, Amanda (@MarocMama) and Chantilly (@BiculturalMom) will be talking with Shay about financial education for children and young adults, and how parents can empower their kids to take control of their future through financial planning, education and entrepreneurial experiences.
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About Shay Olivarria
Shay Olivarria is the most dynamic financial education speaker working today. She speaks at high schools, colleges, and companies across the country. She has written three books on personal finance, including Amazon Best Seller “Money Matters: The Get It Done in 1 Minute Workbook”. Shay has been quoted on Bankrate.com, FoxBusiness.com, NBC Latino and The Credit Union Times, among others. To schedule Shay to speak at your event visit www.BiggerThanYourBlock.com
How exciting! Financial Education Speaker & Author Shay Olivarria will be a guest on the Youth Success Show June 7th at 2pm EST. Show hosts Sarah Newton, Linette Daniels and I will chat about how parents can share financial literacy concepts with tweens and teens without lecturing to them. Call in with your questions (347) 324-5003!
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About Shay
Shay Olivarria is the most dynamic financial education speaker working today. She speaks at high schools, colleges, and companies across the country. She has written three books on personal finance, including Amazon Best Seller “Money Matters: The Get It Done in 1 Minute Workbook”. Shay has been quoted on Bankrate.com, FoxBusiness.com, and The Credit Union Times, among others. To schedule Shay to speak at your event visit www.BiggerThanYourBlock.com
Read about Shay's journey to self-love on page 14.
Financial education speaker and author Shay Olivarria is featured in this month’s Finding Love Magazine. She talks about sticking out from her peers and being kind of … odd.
Shay Olivarria is a wonderful, loving person. She’s run her own financial education business, Bigger Than Your Block, for five years. She’s earned an undergraduate degree and studied for a graduate degree. She’s traveled to nine countries on three continents. By every definition she’s accomplished, so why didn’t she love herself?
I’m working through my issues. They are definitely not over yet, maybe they never will be. I’m better than I was, though and that’s all that matters to me. I’m still considered strange to most people I meet. I still have to give myself pep talks before I step on stage. My jokes still fall flat sometimes, but who cares? We’re all works in progress and right now I’m having a great time settling into myself.
Shay Olivarria is the most dynamic financial education speaker working today. She speaks at high schools, colleges, and companies across the country. She has written three books on personal finance, including Amazon Best Seller “Money Matters: The Get It Done in 1 Minute Workbook”. Shay has been quoted on Bankrate.com, FoxBusiness.com, and The Credit Union Times, among others. To schedule Shay to speak at your event visit www.BiggerThanYourBlock.com
Shay Olivarria was interviewed by NBC Latino! Whoo hoo!
We’re so proud that Shay Olivarria was interviewed by Kristina Puga of NBC Latino for this article with tips about dealing with the possible doubling of the student loan interest rate that’s coming July 1. Read it and share it!
Shay Olivarria is the most dynamic financial education speaker working today. She speaks at high schools, colleges, and companies across the country. She has written three books on personal finance, including Amazon Best Seller “Money Matters: The Get It Done in 1 Minute Workbook”. Shay has been quoted on Bankrate.com, FoxBusiness.com, and The Credit Union Times, among others. To schedule Shay to speak at your event visit www.BiggerThanYourBlock.com
My segmented included an interview with mystery novelist Gary Phillips who has written more than 12 novels. Everyone was really nice. I loved meeting the other authors and learning a bit more about the Hosanna Broadcasting Network where the show will air.
Authors N Focus will now been seen on the Hosanna Broadcasting Network (Channel 20 on the Disk network and Direct TV channel 20). Check it out when you get a chance.
I just had a wonderful interview with Evelyn Polk of For a Child’s H.E.A.R.T. We talked about my experience in foster care, the things that Bigger Than Your Block, LLC is doing to educate youth about personal finance, my new book “All My Mistakes: Money tips for kids in care”, and the no-cost webinar this Saturday, “Money Tips for Foster Youth“, to celebrate Financial Education Month.
In case you missed it, click here and you’ll hear the whole thing.
I’m so glad that I had a chance to sit down and talk with Michael Lawson from CU Broadcast. He interviews awesome people involved with credit unions across the country, so I’m honored that he wanted to interview little ol’ me!
I just finished my first interview with Mike Lawson at CU Broadcast. We talked my work teaching financial education to youth, my partnerships with credit unions around the country, and how the credit union industry can continue to grow and reach out to more members. We even talked about why I named my company Bigger Than Your Block and why I wrote “10 Things College Students Need to Know About Money” and “Money Matters: The Get It Done in 1 Minute Workbook”.
I had a wonderful time being interviewed and I’m looking forward to seeing the interview posted on CUBroadcast.com. Until then, take a look at the other interviews Mike has conducted with credit union industry professionals across the country.
We talked about financial education for students, 401k options for recent grads, the awesomeness of credit unions, and why those for-profit colleges aren’t what they are cracked up to be. Listen to the show here.
I had a great time with Until No More during the interview for the California Crusader News. She does so many good things for the literary community in Los Angeles that I’m honored that she wanted to interview me. As soon as the interview is available I’ll post it. For now, take a gander at what she loved about my second book on financial education, “10 Things College Students Need to Know About Money“.
You guys know how much I respect and appreciate the work that credit unions do, right? Well, I’m honored that the Credit Union Times has included me in a story about getting students engaged in financial education. Whoo hoo!
“So many of the financial education courses focus so much on the theory and academia of it that kids just shut down,” said Shay Olivarria, a credit union board member, speaker and author of 10 Things College Students Need to Know About Money-Small Changes Make a Big Difference.
“Instead of telling them about a bunch of terms, present the information from where they are at. Otherwise they’ll just tune you out because they’re thinking, ‘You have no idea of the life I lead,’ and that doesn’t make them want to save.”
I’m excited to be featured Saturday, July 10th on African Speak “Honoring Powerful Black Women in our Community”. As usual I’ll share some financial literacy tips, but I’ll also be talking about my journey from foster care to professional speaker and author in the personal finance arena. Along with me will be:
Jewel Carter – Community Activist / President Urban De’Version
Zekita Tucker – Author / CEO Zeniam Publications
Shanquil Merriwether – Community Activist / Milwaukee Chapter Pres. Action Network.
Join us every Saturday at 6:00pm (Central) for our Live Radio Show. We are dedicated to a rise in awareness of Afrikan people World-wide. We will cover topics that concern our Nation. Come share your views in our Chat Room with individuals of like mind. Call in your questions: (646) 381-4162 / Email your questions at AfrikanSpeak@yahoo.com or Text us at 414-379-7969 http://www.AfrikanSpeak.com
As a special treat I’ll be providing a discount code to purchase 10 Things College Students Need to Know About Money and Money Matters: The Get It Done in 1 Minute Workbook. Listen in online or by phone Saturday 4pm PST and 6pm CST.
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