Melody Robinson Wright is a trained Ph.D. scientist that left the bench behind to become a Financial Empowerment Coach. She is a certified financial education and financial social work instructor, speaker, host of the podcast Mastering Your Money, and author of the book Start Here: Your Guide to Building Your Money Management System. She is also the founder of the financial empowerment company Broke on Purpose® and Director of Financial Education at Kinly™, a financial services company geared toward Black America.