{"id":104614,"date":"2022-11-21T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interac1.wpengine.com\/?post_type=content&p=104614"},"modified":"2025-05-30T19:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T23:26:19","slug":"fatherhood-and-learning-about-financial-confidence-together-as-a-family-with-issa-mbaye","status":"publish","type":"content","link":"https:\/\/www.interac.ca\/en\/content\/life\/fatherhood-and-learning-about-financial-confidence-together-as-a-family-with-issa-mbaye\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatherhood and learning about financial confidence together as a family with Issa Mbaye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Strong role models, financial or otherwise, can come in many forms: an educator, a public figure one might see on television, or a parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montr\u00e9al-based financial coach Issa Mbaye is all three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From sending out invoices, buying property, to simple savings solutions, Issa has made it his life\u2019s mission to help people, particularly the younger generation, learn about the wide world of finance and feel more confident about their own money. And when he isn\u2019t appearing on television or giving tips on social media, he spends his time teaching his three-year-old daughter more than just the value of a dollar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We caught up with Issa to talk about his journey with money, becoming a financial coach, and being a role model for his daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fighting the fear of talking about money<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Growing up with his seven siblings, Issa wasn\u2019t allowed to ask his parents about the family\u2019s finances. The subject was considered taboo and a sign of disrespect, only to be discussed among adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTalking about finances can be very emotional,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen you come from a family who doesn\u2019t have a lot of money, talking about it means talking about bad things, things that we don’t have any control over. The problem is, if you don’t learn about how money works when you’re young, you create nightmares that stay with you when you get older.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, Issa grew up learning that money was an uncontrollable force of nature that came and went like the weather. However, this initially abstract concept of finances only made his curiosity grow more and as he got older he began to study finance. The more he learned, the more accessible the topic of money became.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I see that I can help people learn about finances, I see myself as the hero I was looking for when I was young.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From that moment on, through his independent work as a financial coach and co-host of a house flipping reality show with his brothers, Issa began sharing\u00a0his newfound knowledge about money in the hopes of being the financial role model both he and his family needed when he was a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n