Since she was a teenager, Alissa Krasner Maizes, CJ’90, has been a fan and consistent reader of Kiplinger Personal Finance Magazine. This past October, every reader’s dream became a reality for her—she was published by the magazine highlighting her successful college saving strategies that paid for both of her sons’ Northeastern experiences while simultaneously allowing her and her husband to save for retirement.
Maizes is no stranger to money management, however—she is the founder and financial advisor for the Boca Raton-based financial planning firm Amplify My Wealth. “Starting Amplify My Wealth was fueled by my desire to provide fiduciary advice to help young adults and women along their financial journey, regardless of their net worth, meeting you wherever you are on your financial journey, whether living paycheck-to-paycheck or with millions in the bank,” she says.
Starting your own financial planning service is no small feat, and it is clear that entrepreneurship and perseverance seemingly run in the Maizes family. Her son, Zachary, Khoury’23, used his Northeastern experience to build a rapport with titans in his industry through a number of co-ops and hard work. According to Zachary, “the co-op culture at Northeastern provided an environment that encouraged me to focus on putting myself in the best position possible for applications early on…I restructured my course plan to better align with the application cycle and get ahead of the curve…These experiences, with companies like Amazon and Meta, were major contributors to me landing my current position at ZipRecruiter.”
Her younger son, Joshua, E’25, used his entrepreneurial instincts to take advantage of a market gap in the greater Boston area while completing co-ops to gather experience in the industrial engineering field. He states that “pivoting from Mechanical to Industrial Engineering was crucial in my academic experience, and my co-ops cemented my passions before entering the job market. As someone who has been an entrepreneur since high school, the experiential environment inspires me to continue to develop my business, Fragment Studios, and tackle entrepreneurial opportunities with classmates, like Select Markets—a local, sustainable vintage clothing market—that I founded with a fellow Husky.”
It’s no secret, however, that balancing a budget while having children in college can come with its challenges. For parents navigating this fragile territory, Maizes advises that “as a current Northeastern University parent, balancing your instinct to ‘be there for your children’ by prioritizing your financial needs is essential. Admittedly, while most people do not like having conversations about money with anyone, you and your child will likely thank you for it later.” With that in mind, not only is Maizes helping her family succeed financially, but she can help yours too.
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“As a current Northeastern University parent, balancing your instinct to ‘be there for your children’ by prioritizing your financial needs is essential.”
Alissa Krasner Maizes, CJ’90