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PROGRESS FOR FORT WORTH MOM
“My goal was to really get my business out there, but then I realized I didn’t have all the right finances,” said Symone Dixon of Fort Worth.
That brought Dixon to the nonprofit Center for Transforming Lives, where she connected with a financial coach. In three months’ time, Dixon said she paid off a small, high-interest loan, negotiated a payment plan for another debt and started saving for her kids’ future. Dixon said she began with $40. Part of her income directly diverts to savings, making it automatic.
“The consistency of keeping that going…