In 2024, TikToker Lukas Battle gained widespread attention for promoting the concept of "Loud Budgeting" as a cool trend for the new year. He says it shifts away from the popular notion of "quiet luxury," and instead prioritizes transparency in financial conversations and decisions. Who would've thought social media influencers would start emphasizing the importance of intentional and open financial choices?! Find out more about this new phenomenon in this week's FinCap Friday below:

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Yanely Espinal

Born and raised by Dominican, immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Yanely is a proud product of NYC public schools. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 2007 before going on to receive her bachelor's degree at Brown University in 2011. As a Teach For America corps member, Yanely taught third and fourth grade in Canarsie, Brooklyn. She received her master's degree from Relay Graduate School of Education in 2013. She spends her spare time making YouTube videos about personal finance on her channel, MissBeHelpful. Yanely also loves to dance, sew, paint, listen to podcasts, and babysit her 10 nieces and nephews!

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