The African diaspora is a global phenomenon. It is not confined to the Americas, but rather it exists in every corner of the world. The African diaspora has left its mark on every continent and in every country, particularly in the West.

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The global financial strategy for people of African descent should be about building up wealth, investing in education, entrepreneurial skills, and creating a sustainable future for generations to come.

Financial planning is an integral part of any long-term strategy. Learn how to build a financial strategy for the Diaspora Community, as well as manage your personal finances more effectively. For a good result in your financial strategy, you might need to seriously consider the following 4 points:

1. Understand your goals and what you want out of life.
2. Understand your current situation and what resources are available to help you achieve your goals.
3. Know what kind of investment products best suit your needs.
4. Know how much risk is appropriate for your situation and if there are any tax implications that could affect the outcome of your investments.

To help us better understand these in today’s episode of Obehi Podcast is Crystal Gunn, a Financial Strategist and Credit Specialist from Detroit, Michigan, United States. She will be joining us via skype.

Some Key Points In This Episode

• Your description of Financial Strategy,
• How come in the African diaspora community, just like any other place, we so much need money but we hardly learn how money works?
• How to change our mindset – studying books, going to lectures, or finding a role model to develop our financial strategy.
• Why more people in the African diaspora community need to learn about finance.

The Full Interview With Crystal Gunn

About the guest: Crystal Gunn

Crystal L. Gunn is a Graduate of Michigan State University. She started her business career in the accounting department of SOC Credit Union. Within a year, she was hired as Accounting Manager at Municipal and Health Services Credit Union and within 2 years was promoted to Vice President, the youngest and only African American, in the Oakland County Chapter of Credit Unions at that time.

While serving as VP, Crystal learned the importance of having all staff members share a common goal to aid in the overall success of the business. She mentored and coached the staff to perform to their greatest potential resulting in a cohesive unit and business growth.

Crystal left the Credit Union to embark on a new career becoming a mortgage broker, where she utilized her knowledge in operations to lead her staff with recruitment, coaching, and training. Within 6 years, she built the company to include 4 additional branch offices while ensuring productivity and compliance, always keeping the needs of the client as the top priority of the company.

Crystal’s belief that everyone controls their own destiny led her to expand her business endeavors with one sole purpose: to impact the lives of as many people as possible. As a financial strategist, small business consultant, author, coach, and activist, she is dedicated to using her gifts to assist others in reaching their true levels of greatness and making life amazing.

Accepting her assignment in life, Crystal has designed specific programs to contribute to her mission. Through experiencing, witnessing, and understanding the role women play in society, Crystal founded The Amazing Woman Network.

The Amazing Woman Network is designed to empower Black women to achieve their highest level of greatness by providing support, resources, and a network of women, united together, to change their lives, the lives of one another, their communities, and ultimately the world.

AWN’s pillars are: reclaiming personal power (mind, body, and spirit), reclaiming financial power, increasing social involvement, and supporting each woman in owning, honoring, and executing her amazing.

The Amazing Woman Network’s retail and beauty line was designed by Crystal to uplift and serve as a reminder to the wearer, of just how amazing she truly is.

Crystal’s financial workbook and signature course, “Becoming Financially FLAWLESS”, teaches financial strategies, and helps women change their “money mindset” leading to greater confidence and knowledge. Participants have expressed that the program is an eye-opening, transformative experience.

As a Financial Strategist, Crystal strives to help clients create a custom financial strategy, in order to improve their current situation, build and meet future goals, advance their money mindset and educate their children to break generational curses.

United Community Solutions, a 501c3 non-profit organization was birthed to empower communities by offering the following:

• Financial education and coaching
• Home-buyer education
• Small business coaching
• Mentorship for foster children
• Affordable housing

It is the intention of United Community Solutions (UCS) to strengthen, stabilize, revitalize and rebuild low-to-moderate income communities, which are facing disparate lending, lack affordable housing, suffer from financial instability, underemployment, and lack of small businesses.

Crystal’s Red Dot Project strives to eradicate period poverty by uniting women globally, redefining menstruation stigma, providing resources and supplies, promoting wellness, and empowering communities through sustainability projects and workshops.

As host of The Amazing Women Speak Podcast, Crystal pushes to change the narrative through compelling conversations “designed to uplift, empower and unite Black women as we continue to break barriers and create and cultivate our own standard of amazing”.

Crystal’s favorite quote is by Jackie Robison – “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”, and operates with this belief daily.

You connect with Crystal on her business page: Crystalgunn.com.

Learn More About Obehi Podcast

Obehi Podcast brings you leaders and experts from different industries to share their experiences, relating to Africa and the African diaspora. Listen to Obehi Podcast across different platforms: Spotify, Apple Podcast, YouTube, and much more.

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