Episode 99 — This week on Margaritas with Marguerita, meet Julia Taylor Brandus, 11, author of “Girl to Boss!: Advice for Girls from 50 of America’s Most Successful Women”

June 30, 2023: A Note from Marguerita Cheng, CFP® Pro — I invite you to tune in for this week’s episode of my podcast and video show, Margaritas with Marguerita, where for 15 minutes each Friday, we start the weekend off by learning from industry experts how to flex our financial and entrepreneurial muscles. 

Meet our guests: Julia Taylor Brandus, 11, author of “Girl to Boss!” — and her dad, award-winning journalist and author Paul Brandus 

Today’s Topic: The journey from “Girl to Boss:” How this daughter-father team made a dream come true

Julia Taylor Brandus, author, “Girl to Boss!: Advice for Girls from 50 of America’s Most Successful Women”

Rita asks Julia and Paul: 

• Tell me about Girl to Boss!
• Who should read this book?
• You also have some interesting data about women in the workforce. This was one of your motivations behind writing the book. Can you explain?
• You’re working with a charity too. Tell me about that!
• How can girls — and Moms and Dads — learn more about this incredible project?

Click here to pre-order the book: Available September 2023!

About our guests: 

Julia Taylor Brandus, 11, is a sixth grader in Virginia. She plays basketball and soccer, reads, and is learning to play the bass. She lives with her mom, dad, and Poppy the Corgi. This is her first book.

Paul Brandus, award-winning journalist and author

Paul Brandus is an author, columnist, keynote speaker, broadcaster, and podcaster. A speaker at seven presidential libraries and various organizations in the United States and Europe, he has been a member of the White House press corps and White House Correspondents Association since 2008. He founded the widely-followed West Wing Reports ® (Twitter: @WestWingReport) news service, is a business columnist for Dow Jones/MarketWatch, and is the Washington bureau chief for Evergreen Podcasts. He has written five books on presidential and military history and a biography of Jacqueline Kennedy between her two marriages. He is working on a new book – Silicon Prairie – which focuses on America’s so-called Rust Belt Renaissance. His three podcasts for Evergreen have won gold or silver Muse awards.

Paul has spoken at schools such as the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, served as Executive-in-Residence at Washington & Lee University, and has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, CNN, PBS, CSPAN, the British Broadcasting Corp., Canadian Broadcasting Corp., and others. He served on the Board of Governors of the Overseas Press Club of America as its Washington, D.C. representative. He previously worked at NBC News and CNBC and worked for five years in Moscow. He is also an early-stage venture capital investor and, as an entrepreneur, once purchased the Russian rights to the Super Bowl from the National Football League – becoming the first person to show the game in Russia. Learn more at paulbrandus.com.

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