In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Financial Advisor and Educator, Parisa Pajooh. Parisa is a seasoned queer financial advisor and educator dedicated to making financial literacy and planning accessible, inclusive, and personalized. With a focus on trust, transparency, and understanding each client’s unique circumstances, Parisa offers a supportive, holistic approach to financial and investment planning. Parisa is a member of The Financial Advisors Association of Canada and actively volunteers by serving on committees and boards, including the Rainbow Entrepreneur Collective and the Estate Planning Summit. Watch on YouTube --- ► Today’s Sponsor is QuickBooks Join the email list for news and updates --- Links mentioned in this episode: ParisaFinancial.com Parisa Pajooh on LinkedIn [00:00:00] Calan Breckon: Running a small business can be messy, but it doesn't have to be. QuickBooks is a great way to track all of your expenses in one easy to use place. I've been using QuickBooks since 2019 when I launched my first business. My favorite part is the app because I can quickly and easily take a snapshot of my receipts if I'm on the go. And QuickBooks stores it in my account so that I don't lose track of them. Never lose sight of your business expenses again. From tracking everyday expenses to being ready for tax time, QuickBooks helps you understand where your money goes. Head on over to calandbreckon.com/quickbooks to grab yourself a special promotion or just click the link in the show notes. Now let's get into today's episode. Welcome to the Business Gay Podcast where we talk about all things business, marketing and entrepreneurship. I'm your host, Calan Breckon, and on today's episode I have financial advisor and educator Parisa Pajooh. Parisa is a seasoned queer financial advisor and educator dedicated to making financial literacy and planning accessible, inclusive and personalized. With a focus on trust, transparency, and understanding each client's unique circumstances, Parisa offers a supportive, holistic approach to financial and investment planning. Parisa is a member of the Financial Advisors association of Canada and actively volunteers by serving on committees and boards including the Rainbow Entrepreneur Collective and the Estate Planning Summit. I'm excited to talk financial planning and education with Parisa, so let's jump in. Hey Parisa, thank you so much for joining me on the podcast. How are you doing today? [00:01:41] Parisa Pajooh: Doing fantastic. Thank you for having me. [00:01:43] Calan Breckon: Yeah, I'm really excited to dive into kind of all things like financial, financial planning, all of these things tend to in the queer community, specifically queer plus community, you know, 10 we have different needs and different things. So I'm excited that we have you on today and we're going to just jump right into it on that kind of, you know, same thread of thought. What are some unique financial challenges that queer folks face that often get overlooked in, you know, the heteronormative or typical financial industry? [00:02:15] Parisa Pajooh: Yeah, I mean, that's a great question. I think when it comes to challenges, you know, there are so many layers. I've been in the industry for the past 10 years and five years ago I started kind of like my practice and I've been serving a lot of queer families, business owners and individuals across the country. And what I've realized is that our system is traditionally built for that, you know, default nuclear family with one retirement Plan and you have a house in the suburbs, you know, and, and then this is not the story for most of us, you know, it doesn't fit all of us. So a lot of us, we are navigating non traditional family structures, for example, or there are gaps in legal protections or for example, a lot of queer clients that I have conversations with, they have been faced