Money Talks
Riqueza money at work Lea Landaverde’s journey to financially empowering herself and others KAMILA VARGAS-GONZALEZ | Dallas Voice Intern editor@dallasvoice.com For Lea Landaverde, conversations surrounding finances are taking place across states, Lyft rides and even her home.
It seems inescapable, but she welcomes and even initiates those conversations with no complaints. “I honestly feel responsible for [people’s] financial well-being,” she said.
Landaverde is a queer Latina wealth activist, a content creator and the founder of the Riqueza Collective, a financial educational platform for BIPOC, LGBTQ people and women that encourages building a healthy relationship with money. “Finances have felt intimidating, and the goal with what I do and the content that I create is to help empower the next generations of wealth builders,” Landaverde states.
For the wealth activist, riqueza — or wealth — is more than how much money one has in the bank; it’s about having the ability to commit to building a healthy relationship with money.
