Contradictory Goals
Sometimes I’m a writer; sometimes I’m a CPA; sometimes I’m a CPA talking to writers. Sometimes I’m an artist; sometimes I’m a finance nerd; sometimes I’m a finance nerd teaching finance to artists. Sometimes the contradictions collide beautifully. And they […]
Me? A Researcher?
I am so excited to announce that I’ll be presenting a paper called, “When I Grow Up I Want to Budget: The Connection Between Non-Art Tasks and a Successful Art Career,” at the Southeastern Conference of Art Colleges in Greensboro, […]
Crafting the Script for a (Financially) Fulfilling Life
Scene One: Stage lights rise on a conference room setting. The center table is full of playwrights, twelve of them, who have just completed a two-day financial literacy boot camp. The organizers of the event stand at the front of […]
The Most Delightful Surprises
I prepared to lead last week’s lunch at learn at the Hired Guns Academy by listing the six financial tools I wanted to address and adding a few notes on each. I touched on two of the three, and on […]
Taxes at the Rosewood Arts Centre
What a wonderful Saturday at the Rosewood Arts Center in the lovely City of Kettering, just south of Dayton, Ohio. My presentation, “Taxes for Artists,” offered during back-to-back breakout sessions was full of spirited, enthusiastic artists who asked great questions […]
IGNITE Program Keeps Growing
Footage from a presentation I gave in January was used as part of a story on NBC last week about IGNITE, the initiative started by Math Plus Academy to encourage girls to pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects […]
Elaine is the Inspirational Speaker at IGNITE Event
Elaine participated as the inspirational speaker during IGNITE, a girls-only event at Math Plus Academy in Columbus, Ohio to encourage the pursuit of science, technology, engineering, and math skills. Elaine spoke to over thirty girls ranging in age from third […]
Math Plus Academy Career Service Panel
Elaine will participate in a career service panel at Math Plus Academy in Columbus, Ohio to encourage girls to pursue education and careers in math and science. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Morbi commodo, ipsum sed pharetra […]
CPAs in the Classroom
Along with over 1,500 other CPAs in central Ohio, Elaine visited a 5th grade class to improve financial literacy among elementary school children by playing FETCH, a monopoly-style board game that teaches students the importance of planning, budgeting, and supporting […]
