2013
Publishes Money Letters 2 My Daughter
Turns family conversations about money into her first financial-education book.4
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Financial educator, author and podcaster
Jackie Cummings Koski
CFP®, AFC®, author of F.I.R.E. For Dummies and co-host of Catching Up to FI
Jackie Cummings Koski is an American financial educator, CFP® and AFC® who says she reached financial independence roughly ten years after beginning to rebuild her finances at age 38. She wrote Money Letters 2 My Daughter and F.I.R.E. For Dummies and co-hosts the Catching Up to FI podcast.1,2,3
01 · The profile
Background & perspective
In her personal account, Jackie Cummings Koski connects her relationship with money to an upbringing marked by poverty and later to the responsibilities of single motherhood. She says she began at 38, built a path toward financial independence and left her corporate job at 49. Her story documents a catch-up strategy, not a promise that the same outcome will apply to everyone.1,5
She then turned that experience into educational work. After publishing Money Letters 2 My Daughter in 2013, she completed graduate study in financial planning and financial therapy at Kansas State University, passed the CFP® examination in 2022 and published F.I.R.E. For Dummies in 2024. She continues that work through Catching Up to FI, a podcast designed in part for people who believe they started too late.4,3,2,1
02 · Verified landmarks
The journey in a few dates
A selective timeline established from identified sources.
2019
Leaves her corporate career
Retires from corporate employment after building financial independence.3,1
022022
Passes the CFP® examination
Passes the examination while completing her master’s studies at Kansas State University.3
032024
Publishes F.I.R.E. For Dummies
Publishes a structured Wiley introduction to financial independence and early-retirement principles.2
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Profile sources
- 01About Catching Up to FICatching Up to FI
- 02F.I.R.E. For DummiesWiley
- 03Candidate Stories: Jackie’s Study PlanCFP Board
- 04BetterInvesting Board of DirectorsBetterInvesting
- 05Overcoming Poverty and Adversity to Retire Early with Jackie Cummings KoskiFind Your Freedom