Briana “Bri” Franklin(she/her/hers)

Briana "Bri" Franklin is a Trauma of Money Method™-certified financial wellness expert, socioeconomic justice strategist, and the founder and CEO of UnDEBTfeated Enterprises: a multi-arm social enterprise facilitating trauma-informed debt constraint prevention and recovery. With over a decade of experience at the intersection of economic justice, education, and entrepreneurship, Bri leads UnDEBTfeated’s three interconnected impact arms: HIRE vs. Higher, a nonprofit dismantling the college-or-bust myth for the next generation; Pathways to Prosp(a)rity, a whole-person coaching program for adults navigating the psychological, physiological and financial toll of debt trauma; and The Victory Lap, a media platform making financial wellness culturally accessible and visible. Her leadership was forged through building The Prosp(a)rity Project (2020–2024), a nationally acclaimed nonprofit that raised nearly $500K and delivered direct student debt relief to Black women across the country. She has been recognized by SXSW, Goldman Sachs' One Million Black Women initiative, Chime's 2024 Changemakers cohort, Debra Lee's Leading Women Defined, and the Visionary Women Foundation.