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Brittney Castro

Los Angeles,CA

Summary

Brittney is a Certified Financial Planner, insurance broker, leading speaker, host, and brand ambassador and has worked alongside top brands like Chase, Mint, ETrade, CNBC, Gemini, AirBnB, Zoom, Altruist, Refinery29, and more to promote financial literacy via media interviews, video content, celebrity, and expert interviews, TV appearances and more.


At the age of 22, Brittney began her career as a financial advisor and at 28 launched her own Registered Investment Advisory, Financially Wise Inc. She has worked with thousands of clients on their financial journeys. In 2020, she sold her financial planning practice to focus on her insurance agency, speaking, and brand partnerships.


Brittney is the go-to resource for national media outlets like CNN, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CBS, KTLA, Good Day LA, Fox 11 News, Glamour, Elle, Marie Claire, Darling, Entrepreneur, Woman’s World, Refinery29, Create + Cultivate, Financial Planning, Investment News, Registered Rep magazine, and many more.


Brittney was elected one of the 40 under 40 in 2020 by Investment News, as one of the 22 “Women To Watch” by InvestmentNews in 2018, and was ranked on INVESTOPEDIA’s Top Influential Financial Advisors list from 2017-2022.


She is a CFP® Pro spokeswoman as part of the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning’s campaign to educate minorities about financial planning careers.


In 2021, Brittney co-hosted and produced “Chantel’s Money Moves” a show backed by Facebook to teach Gen Z’s personal finance and investing.


Away from the office, you can find Brittney meditating, cooking and of course, dancing!

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Insurance Broker

Brittney Castro, Inc.
12.2020 - Current

Certified Financial Planner
Insurance Broker
Speaker + Host + Brand Ambassador

Brittney is a leading speaker, host, and brand ambassador and has worked alongside top brands like Chase, Mint, ETrade, Gemini, CNBC, AirBnB, Zoom, Altruist, Refinery29, and more to promote financial literacy via media interviews, video content, celebrity, and expert interviews, TV appearances and more.
At the age of 22, Brittney began her career as a financial advisor and at 28 launched her own Registered Investment Advisory, Financially Wise Inc. In 2020, she sold her financial planning practice to focus on her insurance agency, speaking, and brand partnerships. She's worked with thousands of clients on their financial journeys.

CFP Spokesperson

CFP Board
03.2017 - Current

CFP® Pro spokeswoman in the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning campaign to educate more women and minorities about the career of financial planning.

Brand Ambassador

Intuit
01.2023 - 04.2023

Brittney serves as the Intuit brand ambassador, a role in which she continues her efforts of spreading financial literacy to the masses through media interviews, events and social media campaigns.

Brand Spokesperson

MINT
01.2020 - 07.2022

Brittney serves as the Mint + Intuit Turbo in house CFP, a role in which she continues her efforts of spreading financial literacy to the masses through media interviews, events and social media campaigns.

Head of Education

Altruist
04.2020 - 12.2021

Brittney is the Head of Education where she will spearhead our upcoming content network and investor learning segment titled Advice by Humans. Advice by Humans is the foundation of our future martech platform to help generate leads for financial advisors and address the most common pain point we hear: getting more clients.

Founder and CEO

Financially Wise Inc.
01.2013 - 11.2020

Founded in 2013, Financially Wise, Inc. is a financial planning and education company offering online courses and fee-only financial and investment planning services.

Brand Ambassdor

Chase
01.2016 - 12.2018

Chase Financial Education Ambassador, a role in which Brittney teaches and speaks at Chase hosted events in an effort to spread financial literacy to more women and men.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Economics

University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
06.2006

Skills

  • Prospecting Skills
  • Client Relations Expert
  • Financial Planning Products
  • Networking capabilities
  • Sales expertise
  • Financial planning
  • Life Insurance
  • Marketing Management
  • Email Marketing

Timeline

Brand Ambassador

Intuit
01.2023 - 04.2023

Insurance Broker

Brittney Castro, Inc.
12.2020 - Current

Head of Education

Altruist
04.2020 - 12.2021

Brand Spokesperson

MINT
01.2020 - 07.2022

CFP Spokesperson

CFP Board
03.2017 - Current

Brand Ambassdor

Chase
01.2016 - 12.2018

Founder and CEO

Financially Wise Inc.
01.2013 - 11.2020

Bachelor of Science - Business Economics

University of California, Santa Barbara
Brittney Castro