Make Your Dreams Come True by Finally Mastering Your Money
Easily learn life changing money moves without the confusion and overwhelm.
Secure your future
Thrive in adulting
Dream bigger
Look at you! Your future is big and bright and the freedom of college is ahead.
You're on your way to big success.
But the path to success is a myth without this one thing.
Money Mastery.
That freedom you've been craving? It will slip right through your fingers UNLESS you can handle your money with wisdom.
College is an amazing and important part of your journey but without practical financial know-how, you're headed toward the path of many Americans who are financially stressed out every day.
Money impacts every corner of your life. As a young person, you have the opportunity to learn to master your finances now so the world is your oyster.
Imagine a future where money decisions are no big deal.
You've built the money machines that will fund your dreams on autopilot. Your money goals are within reach.
It's possible with the right tools. It's vital you start now.
How to build financial empowerment and start flexing
Join my class Financially Empowered: 4 easy money moves to ignite your dreams. Ms. Rigley hands over the financial keys to unlock your dreams in her easy-to-follow class with step-by-step videos, real-life practical activities & the easy steps to guide you through implementation, plus one-on-one coaching calls with Ms. Rigley to guarantee your success!
Here's how it works.
Get access
Pay in full or choose the number of payments to get access to your class.
Get on track
Each Financially Empowered unit has videos and action steps to turn what you learn into real-life money moves, plus my weekly coaching sessions will ensure your success.
Get freedom
Be financially confident with all your money systems in place and be prepared for success no matter what’s next for you in life!
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Financially Empowered:
4 easy money moves to ignite your dreams.
This class promises to empower and transform. You will feel confident w/ your money and will have the systems in place to:
● use your money to fuel your dreams
● feel financially empowered
● and own adulting for the first time in your life!
We owe it to every graduating senior to send them into the world with the knowledge, tools, and systems to win with their finances from day one of adulting.
I can make this happen.
— CRYSTAL RIGLEY JANIS
Hi, I'm Ms. Rigley.
I teach at Berkeley High School in Berkeley, CA. I have been a teacher since 2009 and teach 240 students a year. In 2019 I created my own personal finance class called Personal Finance: Dream, Plan, Execute, Thrive.
Out of college I worked in wealth management for 3 years before becoming a teacher to teach personal finance to high school seniors. It enraged me that basic personal finance was not taught in high school or college so I decided to become a teacher and do something about it. For 7 years I squeezed personal finance into my AP Macroeconomics class. In 2019 I decided to create my own year long personal finance class and give my students the personal finance education they deserved. In 2020 Personal Finance: Dream, Plan, Execute, Thrive, took flight.
Personal finance education is everything and yet only a required high school class in a few states. This does not work for me or the majority of Americans who are struggling with their finances in some form. I am on a mission to make personal finance a required high school course for all seniors and to expand personal finance education to include dream work, achieving the impossible and career exploration.
Personal finance is deeply connected to our level of satisfaction in all aspects of our life. For this reason, personal finance education has to also teach our young people how to dream bigger, achieve the impossible and discover a career that sets their soul on fire. In order for students to achieve their financial desires, they have to know how to succeed in all aspects of their life. I want all students to have the skills and knowledge to reach for and create their best life each and every day. It is my life mission to empower all young people to dream bigger and thrive with their finances from day 1 of adulthood.
You don't have to figure out this money management thing on your own. With
Dreams on Fire, get self-paced courses and one-on-one coaching support so you can lose
the overwhelm, get money confidence, and own adulting.
Don't just take my word for it, though.
Anya D.
Ms. Rigley's personal finance unit is one of the single best things that happened to me in high school. Before learning about personal finance in her class, I had next to zero financial literacy and felt so lost approaching adulthood and college and financial independence. My parents don't really know much about investing, so I never learned what it was, let alone how to use investing to build wealth and achieve financial freedom, and my knowledge on credit, credit cards, and credit scores was also extremely limited. Now that I've done the personal finance unit with Ms. Rigley, however, I know how to use credit cards, checking and savings accounts, and retirement accounts, and I have a relatively good idea of how to invest. So as soon as I turned 18, I opened a new bank account, got a student credit card to start building credit, and opened a Roth IRA to begin investing as early on in life as possible (even if only a small amount at first). I can't overstate the impact this unit will have on me financially going forward in life.
Stacy L.
I just wanted to thank you so much for doing this class. My daughter Isabel Handa took your class during the pandemic, and has told me that it has "changed her life". I can see this in the choices she makes, and I am so thrilled that she and Estelle are gaining this knowledge early on. I really feel it should be a required course and wish I had the opportunity to benefit from this class as a teenager.
Thank you so much for empowering my daughter to make smart financial decisions.
Talia B.
I feel way more educated after taking this class, and it has also made me way more aware of my spending and money habits. Before taking this class, I didn’t think my finances right now would matter for the future but now I know I can start early.
Media Features
Berkeley High personal finance class promises $2.4M ‘for free’
In Ms. Rigley’s class, students learn how investing $500 a month can add up to $2.4 million over 40 years. A new state bill could make personal finance a graduation requirement.
Feature on ABC News!
CA Superintendent Tony Thurmond toured my class and held a press conference with my students as an effort to make personal finance a required class to graduate in California.
The Center of World Finance
Sisa-In Magazine in South Korea is advocating for financial literacy in their schools and wanted a first hand look at how personal finance is playing out in my classroom.
Financially Empowered
With your new money confidence, skills, and tools, you now have the ability to ignite your dreams and financially handle all of life’s ups and downs.
