National Financial Educators Council New Podcast: Smart Money, Real Lives. How Donna Cirillo transforms financial education into lasting life change. From call center education to community impact, her story is a master class in purpose-driven education.

In this episode, we sit down with Donna Cirillo, founder of Smart Money Changes Everything, to explore how she built a purpose-driven career in financial education that serves everyone from teens in libraries to adults rebuilding after major life transitions. Donna shares how her journey began in a high-pressure bank call center, where overwhelmed staff and frustrated customers pushed her to create her first informal financial training. That experience sparked a lifelong mission to teach money skills in practical, compassionate, and genuinely transformative ways.