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“I'll go first: I'm Shinjoo, the founder. First-gen college student, kid of immigrants, and the reason this site exists is that learning how money works completely changed my trajectory. This year I'm working on growing this community. The thing I've figured out: the fog lifts faster when you ask the question out loud.”

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