Tanja Hester
Tanja Hester retired at age 38 from a career as a political consultant and journalist.The author of Work Optional: Retire Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way (Hachette Books, February 2019), and a top influencer within the FIRE (financial independence, retire early) movement, Tanja bridges the gap that so often exists between life and money, shifting the conversation to life purpose, fulfillment, and happiness, rather than wealth for its own sake. Tanja writes the award-winning blog Our Next Life and cohosts the women and economics podcast The Fairer Cents.Tanja has global speaking experience, and has been featured in New York Times,ABC Nightline, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, TIME, CNBC, MarketWatch, and more. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Tanja spent most of her career inWashington, D.C., and Los Angeles before moving to Lake Tahoe, California. https://ournextlife.com/
