User:IlanaDiallo

Ilana began her career as a public speaker and motivational speaker in communities and schools. Ilana served her community in areas wherever she felt there was a lack or need that was unresolved. Ilana founded a teen mother support group called ‘Get Real’. She went on to become a Life Skills Teacher in the local juvenile detention center as well as a Youth Leader in her church. Ilana sat on the Seattle City Council Board, Public Health Board of Seattle, Experience Wellness Project for Seattle Schools, Real Life International Women’s Board as Community Liaison, Active Member on a Cultural Diversity Panel and conducted Public Service Announcement with Youth in Action on child abuse. Ilana has stayed very active in the community and has partnered with youth serving agencies such as Boys and Girls Clubs. She became a Representative for education and the rights of youth in schools statewide as an Ambassador with the Points of Light Foundation. She worked with Learn and Serve grants in Washington State schools.

To further develop her skills and her knowledge base she went to Highline Community College and studied Economics. It was here she found finance was a major interest of hers. She attended conferences and researched the financial industry. This lack was where she began to attain to fill. Her speaking experience and social skills with people led her to study more on finance and take classes and seminars on personal household finances. Ilana shortly after college started working for a bank. She was trained in finance and basic banking. Ilana quickly advanced to corporate banking and learned additional financial tools. Ilana is now pursuing her Masters in Education and Public Policy through Ashford University with a Minor in Child and Adolescent Development.

In 2005, Ilana created her own financial consulting company, [Hand In Hand Financial], a personal financial consulting service that assisted individuals in enhancing their budgeting skills. Today, Hand In Hand Financial, offers personal financial consulting, financial literacy classes, financial literacy seminars, and financial literacy for the young (FLY) program that is offered in elementary, middle school, and high schools.

Ilana Diallo is a business person and financial consultant who understands the challenges of personal finance and knows how to overcome them. Her educational programs have proven to assist people in moving towards the financial success that they have dreamed of. Ilana has continued to serve individuals in the community through homeless shelters and other low income agencies. She has as a writer who has written 16 curriculum books and published a guide to working with youth.

Home Front

Ilana Diallo is a the mother of four and a wife. She home-schools all her children and spends her time teaching her own children as well staying involved in her community and local schools and writing. Ilana is an artist as well and enjoys quiet times spent painting.