Shanda Williams

Shanda Williams (she /her) has been a professional in the insurance and banking industry for almost 20 years. A native of Hartford, Connecticut, Shanda first came to Vermont in 2017. Her interpersonal experience with people from all over the world has given her expertise in interacting and connecting with people of various diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. She is currently a committed changemaker, reparations activist, equity strategist, and BIPOC community advocate. She facilitates BIPOC groups for My Grandmother's Hands: Unraveling Racialized Trauma and is creator of the Money Matters:  Financial Liberation and Wellness series, for which she was recently awarded 2023's "Innovator of the Year" by Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation. Her intent is to increase equity opportunities for BIPOC homeownership while helping others to heal financial trauma. She took part in AEOO's October 2023 Zoom of Our Own event, Overcoming Financial Trauma: What's Systemic? What's Personal? What Helps? Shanda is also a practicing Small Business Consultant and was an organizer of Vermont's two Money Matters conferences in 2022/2023. Her primary goal is to bring people together through the power of love, song, word, and healing. She hopes and aims to build bridges while embracing change through the power of healing racialized trauma, one person at a time.

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