First-Generation College Student to Impact-Driven Professor & Entrepreneur with Dr. Lakisha Simmons

Monumental with Evan Holladay

Dr. Lakisha L. Simmons is a first-generation college student, a tenured professor of analytics, and a financially independent AchieveHer(TM). She is the first tenured African American in the Analytics department at Belmont University Massey College of Business. When she received tenure in 2017 she was one of only 51 female, African-American Information Systems business school professors in the U.S. She's been awarded the Rising Star Award by CABLE, 40 Under 40 by the Nashville Business Journal, Nashville Emerging Leader in Education by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and Susan Short Jones Emerging Leaders Award by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc Metro Nashville Chapter. She shares real-life goal achieving and simple wealth-building information and tools so that you can achieve your dreams and reach financial freedom. No charting, day trading, gimmicks, pyramids, or confusing terminology. She's been featured in national media outlets for her personal finance work. But she's not from a "wealthy" family. She bounced around schools, lived with and was raised by multiple family members, and felt hopeless as a child. The little brown girl, born of teenage parents, who had no hope, is now financially independent. But she had to shift her mindset and develop grit and hustle to get there. But when she learned that financial freedom could be as simple as shifting from saving to investing, everything changed. ​She loves helping women achieve their goals. She's the CEO of BRAVE Consulting LLC, a women's empowerment training company, an associate professor of information systems with over 40 peer-reviewed scholarly works, Six Sigma Black Belt, app founder, executive director of The Achiever Academy, and living her best and most prosperous life. Join the Money Club where Dr. Kisha teaches women how to create their own financial security through budgeting, debt payoff, investing, and eventually financial independence! But even with a respectful wage and side hustles, she's grown her investments because she lives frugal, not because of what you may think she makes as a salary. In this episode, Lakisha shares with us how she hopes her personal story will inspire other young girls (and boys!) to push through limiting beliefs and use the tools she found through her own journey to financial freedom and success. We will discuss simple financial concepts that many people are unaware of and that could ultimately lead to great financial success. We will also discuss how her experience in corporate America led her to find the keys and tools to not only becoming a leader but excluding leadership and confidence as well. Lakisha says it best, “there is power and impact in sharing”. Join Lakisha as she shares her “secrets” to success.Interested in Impact Investing with Evan and Holladay Ventures for recession-resistant returns and having a positive impact on your capital? Set up a call with our investor relations team to see if it's a good fit: https://holladayventures.com/investors/ Subscribe & leave a review for Monumental on iTunes: bit.ly/eholladay Evan on Instagram: www.instagram.com/evanholladay/Holladay Ventures on Instagram: www.instagram.com/holladayventures/Evan on Facebook: www.facebook.com/EvanHolladay/Evan on Twitter: twitter.com/EvanHolladay See what Evan is up to: www.evanholladay.com Keep Up with Lakisha Simmons:Website: https://www.lakishasimmons.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkishasimmons/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/drkisha/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAnrsYU8DxDvD-ghXrPN_qgTwitter: https://twitter.com/drkishasimmonsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkishasimmons/