Speaking & Workshops

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The best conversations about money inspire action, build confidence, and help people see new possibilities for their future.

Money touches every part of our lives, yet many people never have the opportunity to talk openly about it. Drawing on 20 years as a school leader and financial educator, I create interactive presentations and workshops that turn money from an intimidating topic into a meaningful conversation. Audiences leave with practical ideas, fresh perspectives, and greater confidence to take their next financial step.

Signature Topics:

  • Money Mindset & Financial Identity. How our experiences, beliefs, and values shape the way we earn, spend, save, and invest.

  • Building Wealth Early. Investing, compounding, long-term thinking, and helping young people see themselves as future wealth builders.

  • Making Financial Education Relevant. Strategies for creating engaging, inquiry-driven learning experiences that connect financial concepts to students' lives.

  • Representation, Inclusion & Financial Education. How diverse stories, perspectives, and lived experiences can transform financial learning.

  • The Future of Money Digital assets, blockchain, AI, fintech, and emerging trends shaping the financial landscape.

  • Helping Young People Navigate Financial Decisions. Credit, saving, investing, risk, opportunity, and building confidence in an increasingly complex financial world.

  • Money Talks: Bringing Financial Conversations to Life. Based on the book, this session explores practical strategies educators, families, and community leaders can use to make money conversations engaging, approachable, and impactful.

Recent Presentations

  • Money Talks: Reframing Financial Conversations Through a Culturally Responsive Lens

  • Reflect, Shift, Empower: Money Mindsets for Educators and Students

  • Rooted and Rising: Empowering Futures Through Financial Literacies

  • Financial Empowerment Through Cultural Wealth: Weaving Our Money Stories Into Inclusive Education

  • April 3, 2025. Let’s Create Financial Futures!

  • Empowering Our Students for Financial Activism

  • November 14, 2024. Educator Testimony - NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Financial Forum

  • Sept 27, 2024. Best Practices for Creating Empowering Financial Literacy Circles

    Sept 28, 2024. Utilizing Inclusive and Innovative Resources to Inspire Students Towards Financial Activism

  • August 28, 2024. How Can We Approach Financial Literacy in New York City Public Schools?

What Attendees Are Saying…

Every educator teaching finance or economics should have the opportunity with Diana. She is amazing and very knowledgeable. For her to use social media in teaching makes the content very accessible.

-CM, Maryland

Diana was wonderful! I took away ideas that we can use in elementary. Loved seeing reading groups on high school! Love getting to hear from teachers who are currently doing amazing work in classrooms across the nation each day!

-VE, Arkansas

Diana was engaging, personable and straightforward. The content provided great ideas on how to use resources to stimulate student self inquiry was enlightening.

-RW, New York

She was high-energy, sincere, and so student-focused! What a great teaching attitude! Great job! Bring Diana back please!

-SR, Florida

Engaging and resourceful! Thoroughly enjoyed this session and the prompts/resources provided. We need the space for the presenter to post her materials!

-KC, Washington, DC

Very engaging session! This was a real life application. Students had to make a choice, do research and defend their choice.

-VW, Ohio

Really relevant info was shared and ways to connect with youth. Diana has great energy and is sharp!

The social media exercises and mapping activity made everything accessible and immediately relevant. So helpful!

-VD, California

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! Definitely fired me up more so. There were a lot of doable takeaways. Appreciative for this session. Loved her creativity and energy. The realism brought to the session was impactful, relevant, and purposeful. Thoroughly enjoyed this session.

-FH, Maryland

Excellent. Diana had GREAT energy!! Representation matters!!! I appreciate the intentional work she has done to be culturally relevant through scholars race, age and socioeconomic status! I wanted more time to engage in her activities!

-RP, Pennsylvania