Surveys emphasize a rise in the percentage of women assuming high-net-worth and suggest a continuity in the influence given the significant opportunities. It is prominent that the ratio of high net worth men is still far more; those having the US $5 million or more don’t show much difference of 22% vs. 27%. Millennial women have been growing their assets faster, and they beat The baby boomer women by 32% compared to 22%. whereas the […]
As a financial leader and champion of social justice, Reverend Cerita Battles symbolizes that growth and change is possible at any time in life. After 31 years of high-level executive financial work with some of the biggest names in finance like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Cerita was called to ministry. In October 2011, while balancing her full-time job, motherhood, and being a wife — she and God had a conversation that was […]
Women’s History Month is an internationally recognized event created to honor women’s contributions to historical and contemporary society. It is celebrated every March annually in the United States. Before there was a whole month, the U.S. honored International Women’s Day on March 8th. This date marked the 1908 garment worker’s strikes in New York when thousands of women marched for economic rights. We still observe this date today. Activists who helped conceive Women’s History Week […]
Each one of us has a unique story, a path that was most likely not an easy one. I have found that we often look to women in their current states, successful roles, happy families, healthy, or whatever it might be and I promise you they did the work to get there. Behind every strong woman are some serious struggles they had to overcome. Let me share a little bit of my story with you. […]
One of the biggest ways to help women reach their inflection point is through economic stability and success. As the Senior Vice President of Community Lending Mortgage at BBVA, Viola Solomon has fallen in love with helping people realize the American Dream of homeownership. Viola has been in the mortgage business for over 37 years. She started out as a receptionist for the Mortgage division of Gil Savings and Loan and then spent 12 years […]
