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Naseema McElroy, 44, is a labor and delivery nurse with a personal finance brand in Brentwood, California. In 2015, she accumulated nearly $1 million in debt and decided to learn how to better manage her money. McElroy started her business, Financially Intentional, to document her debt payoff journey. By 2017, she was debt-free.
This is an installment of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money.
Learn more about the world of CNBC Make It

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