Hi, I’m Lia

I’m a 23 year old from the Chicagoland area working in Big Tech; and I’m the girliepop behind @financialliasecure.

I’ve always been passionate about personal finance, but have often found myself frustrated at how inaccessible it can be for young women of color. My goal is to share my wealth-building journey and help others become more financially secure!

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Life Update:
1. Today marks my two year work-iversary, and as a big fan of salary transparency, I thought it’d be appropriate to share how mine has changed over time.
2. I’m still shook that my salary grew by 26% this month and am current

So much attention is placed on not "keeping up with the joneses" or spending money to impress people you don't even like, but we don't talk enough about setting boundaries with people we actually care about. I almost think the latter is har

A couple of weeks ago I went through this whole saga of my watch being missing/stolen/disappeared?? I was a little bummed but then I realized I had been keeping a technology replacement fund.

A technology replacement fund is a type of sinking fund d