Tell Us About It: Your Money Story with Maria and Jodi

From Scarcity to Stability: Gisela Garcia-Prunes on Money, Identity & Starting Over

Maria and Jodi

In this episode, Gisela Garcia-Prunes shares her journey from growing up with financial scarcity in Spain, to starting over in the U.S. with just enough money for a few weeks of English classes, to eventually building a successful career at companies like Disney, Marvel, and Getty Images.

She opens up about the emotional toll of financial struggle, what it meant to build credit from scratch, and how financial literacy transformed her life. Now back in Spain, Gisela reflects on how her perspective on money evolved—and why community, vulnerability, and storytelling matter more than ever.

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