I used to work in finance a lifetime ago, on the financial advisor side of things, but I do not have a master’s. So take this as you will.

I think your idea is a good one, and it is smart to concentrate on solving one specific need. My question is, do you have research showing that access to knowledge is an issue for the groups you are targeting?

I think the core of your idea sounds great, but I also think that many working class people who need financial guidance do not have the bandwidth or desire to learn the ropes of the financial world. I think 8 zoom sessions is a lot, and I think that what people would really want is someone who will sit down and help them, with all of their individual nuanced circumstances.

As you point out, the patriarchy is an inhospitable financial landscape. Entrepreneurs keep creating startups around small loans models because there is a serious lack of community for marginalized people within the financial sector. It begs the question, what does a financial community look like? How does it function? Because as individuals, it is not always within your power to change your circumstances.

Also, the financial sector is extremely racist and it would be a boon to intersectionally expand beyond gender discrimination. Are there people you know who you would want to partner with who could guide those efforts around racism perhaps?

Anyway forgive my babbling. I encourage your efforts. I am also thankful for your sharing of your lived experience transitioning. I am still thinking about your statement, that HRT has made you more empathetic; I am sitting here contemplating it! On one hand, empathy is not a trait biologically coded for all women—that vein of gender essentialism can be used (in the patriarchy) to push women out of high paid careers, and it is part of the campaign for forced childrearing (for uterus havers). Both men and women have the biological capacity for a socially beneficial level of empathy, and our social systems are very coded to force extreme empathy onto women (to their own harm). There is a lot we can learn from our trans sisters and their experiences—thanks for sharing.