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Episode 34: Breaking Barriers: Money & The Immigrant Experience

Episode 34: Breaking Barriers: Money & The Immigrant Experience

Update: 2025-07-08
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For many immigrants and marginalized communities, money is synonymous with survival and obligation -- secure a stable job, buy a home, avoid debt [other than a mortgage], and work tirelessly for 40+ years to “earn a living”. But what if money could be more than just a means to endure? What if it could be a tool for liberation?


In this episode, Alan Chen and Tanuja Ramchal explore how immigrants and children of immigrants can redefine their relationship with money -- moving beyond scarcity and fear to embracing opportunity, choice, and freedom.


Here's what's covered:



  • Why navigating personal finance can feel overwhelming for marginalized groups and understanding the power of community in building wealth

  • The reason it can be hard for children of immigrants to “follow their passion” and take risks in their career

  • Redefining work as optional (not compulsory) and why you haven't learnt this in school

  • The misalignment between employer and employee values that makes it difficult to be true to yourself

  • Reframing the narrative around retirement and exploring the possibility your own course when the traditional path doesn’t work for you

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Episode 34: Breaking Barriers: Money & The Immigrant Experience

Episode 34: Breaking Barriers: Money & The Immigrant Experience