My Path to Generational Wealth: Take an All-Hands-on-Deck Approach [Video]

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Dasha Kennedy, financial coach and founder of the 80,000-member Facebook group The Broke Black Girl, is no stranger to struggle. She said she didn’t have the luxury of receiving a quality financial education at a young age, nor did she come from a wealthy background. She taught herself everything she knows about money management.

“My journey involved a lot of trial and error,” said Kennedy, a St. Louis native now residing in Atlanta, in an email interview. “I had to deal with financial mistakes, learn from them, and find ways to build a stable financial future from scratch.”

A mother of two boys, Kennedy has made it a priority to break the …