How Cindy Paid Off $215,000 in 4 Years | Cindy Zuniga-Sanchez of Zero-Based Budget

Jan 3, 2021

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Welcome to Season 3 of the Yo Quiero Dinero™ Podcast! This month, we’ll be helping you if you set any financial and investment goals you’ve made. Step 1? Pay off your debt. Listen to episode 66 and read on to learn how Cindy paid off 6 figures of debt in 4 years!

Cindy Zuniga-Sanchez is the founder of Zero-Based Budget Coaching LLC. After graduating law school in 2015 with $215,000 of debt, Cindy took control of her money by immersing herself in the world of personal finance. In 2018, she launched @zerobasedbudget on Instagram to document her debt payoff journey and simplify personal finance concepts.

After recognizing, through her platform, people’s unique needs and goals, Cindy founded her business where she offers personal finance coaching services and speaks to audiences small and large about budgeting, saving, investing, and more. Cindy practices law full time as a commercial litigator at Venable LLP. She is a graduate of Stony Brook University and obtained her Juris Doctor degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

She was born, raised in, and currently resides in the Bronx, New York.

*Editor’s Note: Since the release of this episode, Cindy has quit her full time job as a lawyer and became a full-time entrepreneur! Congratulations, chingona!🎉

Episode 66 Highlights:

Growing up low-income
Having an obligation to her family
Money shame
Imposter syndrome in the workplace
The steps Cindy took to approach her debt repayment, including how she saved $40,000 in relief this year.
And much more!

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