Vivian Tu, an ex-Wall Street trader, now works in tech and teaches financial literacy on TikTok.
She shares her 5-step method and 3 investing strategies to achieve financial independence.
Unable to break the lease without paying an $8,000 penalty, Tu watched her entire savings vanish from her bank account.
"It made me realize that if people who work in finance don't understand personal finance, and if people who don't work in finance don't understand personal finance, who understands this stuff," she said.
"I" is for investing, which refers to both investing in assets in a brokerage account and investing in hobbies and education.