Mary Saylor had been working hard to earn her accounting degree at Penn State University when she got some shocking news at the beginning of her senior year—she was pregnant. And while many women would think of it as a roadblock, Saylor saw it as a blessing. It didn’t stop her from pursuing her degree and a career in financial services. If anything, it made her more determined.
Not long after giving birth to her daughter, she graduated from Penn State and started working in corporate accounting, earning her CPA and making her way up the corporate ladder as a single mother in her early 20s. While she had the support of her firm and her family, the grueling hours and time away from home were difficult for her and her daughter.
In this episode of The Healthy Advisor podcast, WealthManagement.com Managing Editor Diana Britton speaks with Mary Saylor, senior director of wealth management at Choreo, an RIA with nearly $25 billion in assets under management and advisement, about her journey as a single, young mother working her way up in the industry.
Mary and Mollie at her graduation.
She discusses:
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Her initial shock and the support received after finding out she was pregnant during college
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Her experience being pregnant on campus
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How she navigated this big life change at a young age
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The challenges of balancing work and personal life as a single parent in the industry
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What kept her going during these hard times and motivated to be successful in her career
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Lessons learned and moving forward as her daughter has now gone off to college
Mary and Mollie now.
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About Our Guest:
Mary Saylor is the director of wealth management at Choreo. She works with high-net-worth individuals and multi-generational families as well as institutions (non-profits, endowments, foundations, and corporate retirement plans) to find solutions to their wealth management needs. Mary’s high-net-worth clients include corporate executives, professionals and business owners, their families, corporate retirement plans and private institutions.
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