Mac Josselin, Social Entrepreneur, Financial Coach & Financial Literacy Advocate

 

Personal Notes

Mac Josselin National Financial Educators Council NFEC Certified Financial Education Instructor CFEI“Why didn’t you tell me?” he asked. Tell you what? That I have $70 left for the rest of our weekend in New York City? I didn’t have an answer. I was embarrassed. Here I was with my big fat bachelor’s degree, first salaried income, the perks of health insurance, paid time off and blah blah blah, yet— I had $70 in my account and 12 days before my next paycheck. This was my wake-up call to get my financial life in order! It’s been the best decision for my life and I look forward to helping others embark on this journey!

Bio

Mac Josselin is a social entrepreneur, founder of Project 13:7, a for-profit personal finance business. Her mission is empowering individuals and families in the way of financial freedom and self-sufficiency through coaching and teaching financial literacy. She gives free and practical money advice on her podcast, “Talk Money with Mac”. She is an NFEC Certified Financial Education Instructor.

Her media presence includes a radio interview on 94.3FM (New Haven, CT), a feature article in The Stamford Advocate, The Greenwich Times, The Danbury Times, The Associated Press News and Fairfield County Business Journal. She is also a featured finance blogger on international online forums.

She aspires to one day have her business featured on CNN, in FORBES, BBC News, the Wall Street Journal and she also hopes to one day have an OWN TV series, called Money with Mac.

She received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida (UF), where she studied Public Relations and Business Administration. During her time of study at UF, Josselin spent a semester abroad in Tanzania (East Africa) at the University of Dar-es-Salaam. After her program, she spent the summer volunteering in Nairobi, Kenya. Upon graduating from the University of Florida, Josselin decided it was time to give back to her global community and moved to Ghana, West Africa where she served as a missionary.

In addition to working full-time, Josselin is deeply rooted in her Fairfield County, Connecticut community. She volunteers with the personal finance programs at the Women’s Business Development Council and the Connecticut Money School. She is an active member of her local chapter of Toastmaster’s International. Her other community involvements include event planning, public speaking engagements on finances and faith. She was also a board member of the Local and International Missions Committee of her church and served as a leader and mentor to high school students with YoungLife, a Christian Service Organization.

Josselin is a 2015 and 2016 Finisher of the Tough Mudder in Vermont and Long Island, a 10-mile and 19 military-type obstacle race event.

Josselin lives with her family. She is passionate about her faith, sharing her love for healthy eating and taking on new fitness challenges. Her interests include traveling around the world, exercising, reading, horseback riding, spending time with loved ones and meeting new people.