Ep. 78 | Changing the Narrative: Women of Color, Power, and Legacy

Описание: Changing the Narrative: Women of Color, Power, and Legacy
Episode 78 – Wills, Women & Wealth Podcast

Special Black History Month Edition

In this special Black History Month episode of the Wills, Women & Wealth Podcast, Attorney Elsa W. Smith revisits powerful conversations that highlight the strength, resilience, and leadership of Black women across industries.
From the courtroom to the financial services industry to executive leadership in tech, this episode curates compelling excerpts from past interviews with women who have navigated rooms that were not built with them in mind — and rose anyway.
As a Maryland estate planning attorney committed to empowering women of color, Elsa centers this episode on one core theme: legacy. For far too long, women of color were excluded from conversations about wealth, ownership, and influence. Harmful stereotypes suggested there was nothing to protect. But the truth is clear — women of color are business owners, homeowners, caregivers, executives, and leaders. We have always built. We have always led. And our legacies deserve protection.
Through these conversations, you’ll hear:
• Why changing the narrative around estate planning for women of color matters
• What it was like for a Black woman attorney to be mistaken for the defendant in court — and how credibility reshapes perception
• How rejection in the financial industry became redirection into entrepreneurship and multi-generational wealth building • The reality of having to constantly validate expertise in executive tech spaces
• How preparation, resilience, faith, and excellence become both armor and advantage
This episode is about recognition. Recognition that Black history is not only something we remember — it is something we are actively making. It is seen in the women shaping justice, building wealth, leading innovation, and creating opportunity today.
And it is also about protection.
Because empowerment without protection is incomplete. Success without planning is vulnerable. Legacy does not happen by accident — it happens by intention.
If you are a professional woman, a business owner, or the leader in your family, this episode will remind you that your work matters, your voice matters, and your legacy deserves to be secured.
If this conversation prompts you to think differently about your own planning, our team is here to guide you. You do not have to navigate legacy alone.


Listen to the full interviews here:
⁠Interview with Angela H. Hansen, Esq.⁠ (https://youtube.com/live/ZUuO5IMRWZ8)
⁠Interview with Sharon Fletcher – Financial Advisor⁠ (   • Interview with Sharon Fletcher – Financial...  )
⁠Martha Underwood | Building A Cutting-Edge Digital Vault Company that Changes Generations.⁠ (https://www.youtube.com/live/_a5NXI0Wy38)

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