Katy Chen Mazzara

Trauma Informed Financial Wellness Coach

It may surprise you, but I'm a money mentor who was never great at math! I'm a right-brained creative type who loves to write, dance, attend concerts, study art & music, and read...fiction, non-fiction, spirituality, personal finance books and even stock prospectuses!

I was a 20+ year veteran in the media and entertainment industries. As a freelance TV producer, documentary filmmaker and former journalist, I understand the cycle of working for a few months, then going on unemployment and starting over. It put me on a journey to shift my mindset from feast or famine to continuous abundance and freedom!

I've gone from making $20,800 a year, out of college, with $35,000 in student loans and $3,000 in credit card debts, to paying it all off, saving up a year's worth of expenses, and buying my first home, a loft in downtown Los Angeles. I now live with my husband in a 1925 English Revival cottage in a beautiful historic neighborhood in Pasadena, CA called Bungalow Heaven.

I believe in Love above all else! Love for God, family, friends and for my enemies (which I hope I don't have too many). I also believe in treating people the way I want to be treated (with kindness and respect), and then treating ourselves with the same kindness and respect. I'm passionate in everything I pursue and I'm all about the freedom to pursue what we're all passionate about! I believe that life is an adventure and that we all should take "calculated" risks. As for money, I believe it's an exchange of energy. How you see and use this energy is how it will reflect back to you. Money also represents freedom, and I want to help you feel and be more free to achieve your most passionate dreams!

Oh yeah...for people who actually care about this stuff…I'm certified as a financial coach, life coach and a trauma-informed master coach! I’m also a graduate of the (very rigorous) UC Berkeley Program in Personal Financial Planning.