Natalie is an international award winning author, best seller, financial literacy educator and bilingual podcast owner co-host of Financially Savvy in 20 Minutes. Forbes featured her as the “Trailblazer for financial literacy and mental health advocate". Her expertise has been featured in LA Times, Huffington Post, also an on-air financial expert for Univision, Telemundo, NBC, ABC and Fox. A two time TEDx speaker and some of her videos have received over a million views and is a sought out keynote speaker all over the country as a financial literacy and mental health advocate. A first generation college graduate from CSULB, in Finance and International Business with a Masters from CSUN, she focuses on helping those with debt and working toward financial independence with her business Financially Savvy Latina with a series of books and bilingual content creation. Her first co-written children's book in 2020 Made the #1 best seller on Amazon: "A dress to remember" based on the nonprofit LA's Prom Closet she had for several years. Born in El Salvador, and raised in Inglewood she quickly understood that the lack of financial literacy limits her community of basic human rights and equality in resources. She started investing in real estate at age 24 and began her career advocating for financial literacy after buying and selling several investments. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two dogs. Follow her at finsavvylatina on all social media.