As a 24-year-old woman, when I tell people I’m a financial advisor, I sometimes get some squints and questioning looks. Or even a face that suggests “aw, how sweet.” Little do these people know, females are a massive presence in the finance space. Yet, according to Cerulli.com, 18.1% of financial advisors are women. Do those statistics represent what you see when you look around your community? Of course not. So why is the financial field so heavily dominated by white men? Well, this may come as a shock to you, but much of the world is as well. Women couldn’t…
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Lauren Russo
Financial stress reduction a point of pride
Real Money: Straight-up Answers with Berkshire Money Management DALTON — Not that Lauren Russo has a wand or anything, but when she’s with you at the table, you might find her dispelling financial confusion like she’s some kind of wizard. Russo, 23, of Lee, is one of the younger members of the Berkshire Money Management advising team, and she’s also the firm’s only woman adviser. How she got there isn’t magic: just years of hard work and planning. In fact, the Taconic alum accrued enough college credit in high school that she was able to graduate a semester early from the…