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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. If I hadn’t lost my contract, I wouldn’t have learned anything about money,” she reflects. “I Akpan credits it all to losing her job. “If

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. If I hadn’t lost my contract, I wouldn’t have learned anything about money,” she reflects. “I Akpan credits it all to losing her job. “If

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. With a focus on the intersection of mindset, strategy and wellness, her Believe-Own-Learn-Design (B.O.L.D.) She is president emeritus of AIGA and was awarded the AIGA Medal for lifetime achievement in 2019.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

A 2019 report from the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy found that “the median net worth of self-employed families at $380,000 in 2019 was over four times that of families of workers ($90,000).”. And companies that weren’t cutting jobs cut benefits, from retirement funds to healthcare coverage.

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