Meet Financial Success Coach Sonya Smith-Valentine

Sonya is driven to help people define financial success and then be FIERCE enough to go after it.

After graduating from college deep in credit card debt, Sonya spent years digging herself out of debt to become credit worthy.  She saw first-hand how personal finance issues affected her quality of life and had a negative effect on her career.  Sonya’s experiences made her passionate about empowering others to avoid the mistakes she made.

A decade ago, Sonya became motivated to help others with financial problems so she started the Valentine Legal Group, LLC.  Combining her 15+ years of experience (first as a CPA and then as an attorney), Sonya assisted those drowning in debt and people caught up in the impossible maze of the credit reporting system.  She has had a successful legal career helping people tackle their debt issues and showing others how to successfully navigate the credit bureaus.

Sonya formed Financially Fierce, LLC to use her personal experiences and the extensive knowledge she obtained as an attorney about the inner workings of the credit card companies, banks and credit bureaus to help others with personal financial issues.  Sonya began speaking for associations, business groups, and community programs to motivate others to unleash their Financial Fierceness and take on their financial problems so their lives, careers and businesses can thrive.

Sonya developed coaching programs to walk her clients through defining their financial goals and action steps to achieve those goals.  She works with them individually and in small groups to help define their financial goals and to chart a roadmap to financial success.  Thousands have benefitted from the practical tools she has given them to attain financial success in their lives, careers and businesses.

Sonya’s coaching programs offer the opportunity to get training, coaching and support to achieve personal financial goals.  She also conducts teleseminars, workshops, and delivers speeches to empower people to unleash their Financial Fierceness and live life fully.

Sonya recieved her undergraduate accounting degree from Villanova University.  She received her law degree from Brooklyn Law School.

But all work and no play is no fun.  Here are five fun facts about Sonya: