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I help couples turn money stress into clarity and calm.

Media + Workshop Partners

My work has been featured in conversations and recommended by these platforms, and I’ve led talks and workshops for some of them too.
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How it all began

Why I started Dylan Teaches Finance

When I started coaching in 2017, I thought it would just be about helping people manage paychecks and bills. But I quickly realized that for most couples, money was less about numbers and more about building a life together.

Since then, I’ve helped couples prepare for weddings, buy homes, welcome babies, pay down debt, move overseas, and save for the future. I know how overwhelming these transitions can feel without a system, because I’ve lived them myself: meeting my partner, getting married, having kids, and even moving cross-country with my family.

That’s why I built Dylan Teaches Finance, to help couples navigate money with less stress and more confidence, no matter what life throws their way.

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Meet your Coach

When my family found clarity with money, everything changed. Let’s do that for yours.

Listen, I know what it feels like when money is the hardest part of your relationship. I’ve coached hundreds of couples to save, pay off debt, and finally feel like they are on the same page with money.

I know how arguments can repeat, over and over again, how expenses keep popping up, and how planning for a home, a baby, even a dinner can feel overwhelming.

The good news is you don’t have to stay stuck in that cycle.

I’ll help you and your partner build a clear, simple system that makes money feel calm and doable. You’ll feel ready to save, spend, invest, and plan for the future without second-guessing each other.

Let’s work together →

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I’m Not Your Average Financial Coach

  1. I love spending money. You may think being a financial coach is about pinching pennies or being 'frugal,' but really, life is about spending money on what you love. That means cutting out the stuff you don’t care about, the impulse shopping at Target, or from those sneaky Instagram ads. Instead, I put cash towards my family, clothes, community, vacations, and more clothes because my small children love to throw food and ruin my clothes.

  2. My partner and I think about money differently, and that’s great. What is key to our success is that we both have the same goals with our money. We look at money because of our different backgrounds, but we’re working towards the same destination (retirement money, decent food for our kids, trips to hot springs!).

  3. Outside of coaching, my partner and I opened Perkins Public Prints in 2020, a print shop in Sacramento that uses screen printing to engage our neighbors in conversations about inequality and racial justice.

  4. We are raising two small children who love to run around for 20 hours a day. When they are not running, they are jumping.

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