Pamela Capalad is a Certified Financial Planner™ and Accredited Financial Counselor™ and has been in financial services since 2008. She founded Brunch & Budget to help people have a safe place to make real financial progress and get shameless about money!

While doing deep research into the racial wealth divide and how it directly affected her clients of color and co hosting the Brunch & Budget podcast with her husband Dyalekt, they created the See Change program. See Change is a financial coaching and advocacy program specifically designed for People of Color to heal their relationship with money, navigate a predatory financial system, and build 2nd generation wealth.

Pam has been featured in the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, Huffington Post, Vice Magazine, and was named New York Magazine’s Best of New York 2019. She was named one of Investments News 40 Under 40 in 2016, Financial Advisor Magazine’s Young Advisors to Watch in 2019, received Jump$tart’s 2022 Innovation in Financial Literacy Award, and AFCPE’s Financial Planning Center of the Year award in 2022. Pam is a Global Good Fund Fellow, class of 2022.

Jeremy Dennis (b. 1990) is a contemporary fine art photographer, an enrolled Tribal Member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, NY, and lead artist and founder of the non-profit Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Inc. on the Shinnecock Reservation. In his work, he explores Indigenous identity, culture, and assimilation.

Jeremy was among ten recipients of a 2016 Dreamstarter Grant from the national non-profit organization Running Strong for American Indian Youth. He was awarded $10,000 to pursue his project, On This Site – Indigenous Long Island, which uses photography and an interactive online map to showcase culturally significant Native American sites on Long Island, a topic of special meaning for Jeremy, who was raised on the Shinnecock Nation Reservation. He also created a book and exhibition from this project. In 2020, Jeremy received Dreamstarter GOLD, which includes an additional $50,000.00 in support from Running Strong for American Indian Youth. Most recently, Jeremy received the Artist to Artist Fellowship from the Art Matter Foundation.

Brian “Dyalekt” Kushner has been a hip-hop MC, theater maker, and educator for nearly 20 years. He’s the director of pedagogy at Pockets Change, where he uses hip-hop pedagogy to demystify personal finance and help students take control of their relationship with money. He is the recipient of Jump$tart’s 2022 Innovation in Financial Literacy award. He’s rocked (performed/taught/keynoted) everywhere from conferences like AFCPE and Prosperity Now, to stages like SXSW and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to classrooms that range from Harvard & Yale to your cousin’s living room.

Pam, Dyalekt, and their friend Andrea Ferrero also co-founded Pockets Change, a hip hop and finance organization for youth with a mission to change the way we talk about finance.

Lise Soskolne is an artist and core organizer of Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.), a New York-based activist organization whose mission is to establish sustainable economic relationships between artists and the institutions that contract their labor, and to introduce mechanisms for self-regulation into the art field that collectively bring about a more equitable distribution of its economy. An organizer within W.A.G.E. since its founding in 2008 and its core organizer since 2012, she began working in arts presenting and development at downtown New York City nonprofits in 1998. Venues have included Anthology Film Archives, Artists Space, Diapason Gallery for Sound, Meredith Monk/The House Foundation for the Arts, Participant Inc, and Roulette Intermedium.

Terry Wright was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Growing up with the golden era of Hip Hop at his doorstep, he took in all of the sights, sounds, and energy of the culture and art. From the early age of 15 he began frequenting the transformative New York club scene and eventually became one of the most influential street dancers in the world. He is the youngest member of the “Elite Force Crew” who are now known for creating the foundation of Hip Hop Freestyle Dance as we know it today. He went on to work and tour with artists such as Mariah Carey, Will Smith, Missy Elliot, Ricky Martin, Da Brat and Left Eye. His career has positioned him to become a cultural connector in the global street dance, fashion, skateboarding, street art and music scenes. He also has collaborated with top brands such as RedBull, StockX, Reebok, Y3 Adidas, Nike, G-Shock, BrewDog Brewery, Blue Moon Belgian Beer, Jameson Whiskey, Fila, Pioneer DJ, and Snipes. He has leveraged his connections to produce diverse events, workshops and collaborations that have contributed to driving brand awareness and affinity amongst the customers of his partners. Currently, he travels the world as a university lecturer, influencer, entrepreneur, DJ and street dance pioneer and now owner of The REP Music Cafe in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn.