Kumiko Love

Kumiko Love, an Accredited Financial Counselor and a national best-selling author empowers women worldwide to regain control of their finances. With over 10 years in the finance industry, she founded The Budget Mom, a community of millions of women on their path to financial fulfillment. She’s also the creator of the wildly popular Budget by Paycheck® Workbook and Live Rich Planner®. Love has been featured on Good Morning America, the Today Show, CNN, CBS, ABC, USA Today, US News, Huffington Post, Money Magazine, Parents Magazine, the Washington Post, and Real Simple. She lives in Spokane Valley, Washington, with her husband and two sons.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance and economics, Eastern Washington University

Accolades

  • Appeared on Good Morning America, the Today Show, ABC, CNN, Inside Edition, NBC News, Fox News Radio
  • Featured in Money Magazine, Yahoo Finance, The New York Times, Forbes, USA Today, US News & World Report, Parents Magazine, Washington Post, Real Simple, HuffPost, MSN, and NASDAQ, among other outlets

Expertise in

  • Budgeting and debt strategy
  • Healing the emotional roots of poor spending
  • Financial education
  • Content creation

I financed a $1.09 ice cream cone — and that’s when I knew something had to change. Not later. Not when it felt easier. Right then.

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