Thank you for your time. Rachel is the founder of Parent Money, a platform aimed at today's parents - “who want to save money, plan for their family's future and have some money left over for the fun stuff”. We love her mission so we thought you should meet her!

In this Interview series, we want to feature amazing and inspiring women who are willing to talk about money. Our goal is to break the taboo around money, share experiences and learn from the community. Please see exemples here.

1. Working on projects because you want to and not because you have to.

2. Living a comfortable life which to me is being able to afford the necessities to survive (an apartment and all the bills that come along with it; food; minimum debt payments, etc.) and some extra to live without struggling every month.

Money buys freedom. Freedom to make decisions about how to spend your time. For instance, you can choose your work (or not!), or under your own terms (part-time, out of your house, following your passion) and to make trade-offs in your time (e.g., spend time cleaning or pay someone else to help with that).

Vestpod is going to change women’s lives in the UK. Being financially savvy is hugely empowering, I can’t wait to see the impact of your incredible initiatives.

On July 25th 2018 we hosted our first event in a series of informative, informal conversations that we will run with Vestpod aiming to educate all of us on the crypto and blockchain topics.

Financial independence, for me, is about not being reliant on a single source of income.

Vestpod is a space where ambitious women can inspire and learn from each other, motivate and give each other that much-needed wake up call.

Definitely my financial and personal investment in Adrenna. I have learned so much from the experience and it drives me everyday. While the work can be uncertain, gruelling and lonely, I can look back and see how much I have grown as a person and entrepreneur.

I’m incredibly passionate about how education and female empowerment bring communities out of poverty; as such Elevare also supports disadvantaged girls in India to get an education.

Co-founder of HANX, the first premium male condom designed with women in mind. Together with my friend Sarah (a medical doctor with experience in gynaecology), we founded the first vegan, fair trade condom in Europe targeting women.

What does financial independence mean to you?

It means that I can afford the life that I want to live.

What does financial independence mean to you? “Choice. The ability to do what you would like to do and when you would like to do it.”

“[Financial independence] means being able to cover my basic needs, but equally have the freedom to enjoy what I love most: being outdoors, travel, see my family who is spread around the world.”

Financial independence means all my debts are paid and I am earning passive income.

So what you already know is that I’m Sapphire, I’m twenty four and I run two businesses. My journey is a bit of a random one...

I’m a software engineer at a cybersecurity tech start up in Raleigh, NC