Profile of a Money Maker: Shanel Yang

I’m really excited today because we have our first profile of a money maker. Shanel Yang has an amazing story of coming to the United States from South Korea in 1971 and the obstacles she had to overcome. Her parents were in charge of earning money by taking whatever jobs they could find and she, in turn, was in charge of learning everything else this country had to offer.

Hit the jump to see our complete interview with this amazing person.

*Image courtesy of shanelyang.com

Profile of a Money Maker

One thing that I hope to accomplish with this site is to profile as many people as possible. No matter what phase a person might be in their financial goals, I believe that everyone has a story to tell and that we can all learn from those stories.

In the process of trying to get people to profile, I had an interesting response come back from one individual. The E-mail reads like this:

Hello! I love being profiled, but I’m a terrible financial example. My
website makes no money, my paycheck goes to bills, and I never seem to
be able to get out of debt. So…I really appreciate your kind
request, but I think I’m probably not what you’re looking for!

All the best,

I felt saddened by the response. This person has a great looking website and a nice little niche in the market. I really felt that they had something to offer the community. The sad part was, this person didn’t see it.

This site is not about debt elimination. There are plenty of other sites that already tackle that subject. We aren’t focusing on the stuff that makes us poor. Our only goal is to focus on our money makers, not our money takers.

No matter what stage you are at on the path of financial freedom, whether you are dead broke or uber rich, you have a story and we want to learn from you.

Starting next week, we have our first profile of a money maker, so make sure to come back and check it out.