This 42-year-old saved $660,000 and moved to Mexico after losing her 6-figure job: 'I realized I could have a different life.' (via CNBCMakeIt)
Roshida Dowe has always been a hard worker. From her early days as a receptionist to her decision to go to law school and spend years as a consumer automotive finance lawyer in Silicon Valley, she is well-accustomed to the grind.
"There were times when I knew we had [money] and there were times when I knew we didn't," Dowe tells CNBC Make It. "But it wasn't really the topic of conversation a lot. My parents kept me out of their money conversations." After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2006, Dowe practiced law for 12 years.After paying off her debts while working as a corporate counsel, Dowe kept the habits she had built and put any extra money toward savings and investments.
"Traveling and seeing that the way we work ourselves to death in America is not common around the world made me realize I could have a different life if I made the choice to have a different life," she says. She is currently on a 1-year residency visa and in four years will be eligible to apply for a permanent visa.
Now, Dowe works as a life coach helping women "who want to take career breaks [and] leave jobs that don't deserve them behind." Her clients are often women who want to live abroad, but don't know if they can.
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