Meet The Team

  • Pamela Capalad CFP® AFC®

    Co-Founder

    Pamela Capalad is a Certified Financial Planner™ and Accredited Financial Counselor™ and has been in financial services since 2008. She founded Brunch & Budget to help people have a safe place to make real financial progress and get shameless about money! While doing deep research into the racial wealth divide and how it directly affected her clients of color and cohosting the Brunch & Budget podcast with her husband Dyalekt, they created the See Change program. See Change is a financial coaching and advocacy program specifically designed for People of Color to heal their relationship with money, navigate a predatory financial system, and build 2nd generation wealth. READ MORE

  • Dyalekt

    Co-Founder

    Brian "Dyalekt" Kushner has been a hip-hop MC, theater maker, and educator for nearly 20 years. He’s the director of pedagogy at Pockets Change, where he uses hip-hop pedagogy to demystify personal finance and help students take control of their relationship with money. He is the recipients of Jump$tart’s 2022 Innovation in Financial Literacy award. He’s rocked (performed/taught/ keynoted) everywhere from conferences like AFCPE and Prosperity Now, to stages like SXSW and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to classrooms that range from Yale to your cousin’s living room. READ MORE

  • Allison Irby Vu AFC®

    Managing See Change Coach

    Hi! I’m Allison. I’m a native Washingtonian that lives happily alongside my sidekick/son in Tulsa. I love to travel, connect with new people and I love everything that has to do with growth, empowerment, social justice and financial wellness. I have explored various career paths - education, government consulting, workforce / career development, and now finance. It’s important for me to do work that aligns with my own story, which is why this transition to finance makes sense. READ MORE