Tonya Burney
Financial Services Professional & Financial Literacy Advocate
Personal Notes
Growing up I saw and sometimes lived the “Struggle life”. Today too many people are still struggling in search of how to get out of their dark financial hole. The lack of financial education is part of the problem. I want to help end the “Struggle life” cycle and the nightmares of poverty, homelessness, and hopelessness, by providing the financial education that can help save financial lives, one person, one community at a time. I have the experience personally and professionally to make an impact on any audience, but my preference is to impact the financial lives of those in our underserved communities; with a special focus on our youth. It’s time to create a legacy of generational wealth instead of generational debt!
Bio
Tonya Burney is an NFEC Certified Financial Education Instructor, an entrepreneur, Personal Finance Coach, Allegany Franciscan Ministry “Fellow” and the founder of “Let’s Get Financially Fit Now!” “Let’s Get Financially Fit Now” is a mission to save financial lives one person, one community at a time, by teaching personal finance topics in an engaging environment that motivates and moves you to take action.
She attended Florida A&M University (FAMU), and then Florida State University (FSU) where she obtained her B.S. in 2004. While attending FSU, she took a personal finance course taught by Professor Elizabeth Goldsmith. This class sparked a passion to learn more about money and how it works.
Tonya is a former licensed Investment Advisor, and has held many other positions in the Financial Services industry, some of which include, 401(k) Retirement Counselor, Investment Counselor, Investment Correspondence Representative, Loan Specialist, College Savings Specialist, licensed Insurance Agent, and Personal Tax Preparer.
For the last 9 years, she has taught many financial topics to include, Responsible Money Management, Using Credit Wisely, and The Basics of Investing. Tonya has impacted over 500 families, youth and young adults including her two sons Tayshaun and Xavier. She has been recognized by Allegany Franciscan Ministries “Common Good Initiative” for her commitment to the Wimauma community, and by the Wimauma Community Development Corporation and Enterprising Latinas, for her leadership in providing financial education to the youth in Wimauma.
Tonya believes that financial education is a vital piece of education that is being left out of most of our primary education systems. “Let’s Get Financially Fit Now” is part of the solution to our financial illiteracy epidemic. Her belief is, “If we want to see true change in our personal financial lives and communities, despite who is in office or the current state of our economy, than we must get our financial house in order and get financially fit NOW!
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