Welcome to CorazonAkinyi

I started my adult life doing what I thought was the “right” thing — I went to school, worked hard, and chose the nonprofit world believing that, eventually, my loans would be forgiven. I was on track for PSLF and trusted the system… until one day I learned that less than 2% of applicants were actually approved.

At that point, I had $100,000 in student loans from my bachelor’s and master’s degrees — and an additional $31,000 in interest piled on top. I felt trapped, ashamed, and honestly, hopeless. Debt had become a prison I couldn’t see my way out of.

That’s when my husband and I made a decision:
We were going to get out of debt — no matter how long it took.

We started budgeting, tracking every dollar, and holding ourselves accountable. Over the next 3.5 years, we paid off $151,000, saved an emergency fund, and even invested in real estate.

The very templates and systems I created to guide us through that journey — month by month, paycheck by paycheck, prayer by prayer — became the foundation for what is now the Prosperity Planner.