Former KCAL 9 anchor Leyna Nguyen spent 25 years in TV news—Los Angeles, Sacramento, Augusta. What came next? A bold new life filled with reinvention:
✨ A not-so-safe-for-work podcast (“Consenting Adults”)
✨ A YouTube channel teaching English to Vietnamese speakers (100K+ subs!)
✨ And now, her true calling: building Van May Financial and helping people plan smarter for retirement 💼💰
In this episode, Leyna opens up about:
- The moment she knew it was time to leave TV news 🎤
- Why COVID was the best thing for her family💕
- How her podcast on alternative lifestyles became a hit 👀
- Why financial literacy in America is broken—and how she’s fixing it 🔑
- Building generational wealth, running her own firm, and even launching a health supplement company in Japan 🌿
It’s an inspiring story of curiosity, reinvention, and creating purpose after the spotlight.
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