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The $48K Wake-Up Call: Lessons in Money and Academia with Tanya Golash-Boza
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What happens when your first raise kicks you off state healthcare? Tanya Golash-Boza learned the hard way that more money doesn’t always mean more breathing room.
In this episode, we talk with Tanya about the financial wake-up calls that shaped her academic career—from losing food stamps after a small negotiation win, to realizing that a $10,000 fellowship wasn’t “extra” money, but part of a bigger budgeting lesson.
She shares how one offhand comment from a colleague led her to start saving for her kids’ college with just $50 a month—and how those small steps paid off. We…
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