it's my pleasure to welcome you to a virtual evening with tanya hester and jeanette ruiz to discuss wallet activism use every dollar you spend earn and save as a force of change published by our friends at ben bella books. tanya hester is the author of wallet activism and work optional retire early the non-penny pinching way after spending most of her career as a consultant to democratic politics and progressive issue campaigns, and before that as a public radio journalist tanya retired early at the age of 38. she is also been an outspoken voice in the personal finance media community to consider systemic barriers and opportunity gaps rather than simply pushing people with lots of advantages already to accumulate more wealth part. why the new york times called her the major of the woman's fire movement? it's moderate tonight's conversation. we are also joined by jeanette ruiz who is a multi-passionate miami native in her current role as program director for the miami climate alliance. she works with the community and member organizations towards people-centered solutions for our climate cr

to moderate tonight conversation we're also joined by jeanette ruiz was a multi-fashion miami native. in in her current role as program director for the miami climate alliance she works with community and member organizations towards people centered solutions for our climate crisis. formal leave the cohost of the podcast planted in miami she and husband alex sought out individuals pushing the city forward through the actions. passionate about animal welfare and the environment she's also worked as the developmental director for the number vegan food festival in the country, seed, food and wine festival and co-led the miamif running club chapter of athletes. throughout this evenings broadcast you are invited to ask a question by using to ask a question feature at the bottom of the screen. you can get a copy of "wallet activism" by pressing the green button. we appreciate each and every order and the generous donations from viewers as aware. and now without further ado i do like too welcome our guests to the virtual stage. thank you so . welcome. love books and books high tanya, hi. i'm

it's my pleasure to welcome you to a virtual evening with tanya hester and jeanette ruiz to discuss wallet activism use every dollar you spend earn and save as a force of change published by our friends at ben bella books. tanya hester is the author of wallet activism and work optional retire early the non-penny pinching way after spending most of her career as a consultant to democratic politics and progressive issue campaigns, and before that as a public radio journalist tanya retired early at the

mbpart of what "the new york times" called her -- to moderate tonight's conversation we joined by jeanette ruiz who is a miami native. in her current role as program irdirector for them miami climae alliance she works withnv the community and member stations for solutions for the climate crisis. formerlyly the cohost of the podcast planted in miami she and her husband alex sought out pushing the city to their actions. passion about animal welfare and affirmative's work is a developmental director for the number one vegan food festival in the country. and now without further ado i'd like to welcome our guest to the virtual stage. >> thank you so much for thatoo warm welcome. hi tanja. >> hi m. so excited to be having this conversation with you. >> so i might. it's a very appropriate time to be with you because it made me think about every single urges that i made. so let's start off with the obvious question what is "wallet activisim" and what made you become a wallet activist? >> wallet activism is using your financial power to create change in the world and addressing power in all its forms. o