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As a child, I had no idea that financial planning was a career option. At first, I thought I might be a doctor, having watched my nana go to work as a nurse every day. It wasn't until I took a college elective course called Personal Finance 101--where I learned about credit scores, disability insurance, Social Security, 401(k)s, saving, and so on--that I felt I had found my passion.
I wanted to "share the wealth" and help people understand the way their student loans worked, and I found myself becoming an evangelist of personal finance. My college friends would come to me with questions, and I loved walking them through everything from their loans to credit card usage to how to build savings before we graduated. I was sure a career in financial planning was the best fit for me.