Controlling the Debt Monster

About the Book

This book is intended to help the reader get engaged about their finances with a very strong emphasis on controlling their debt.

I will take the reader through weekly sessions with a couple, a young single man and a self employed person. During the sessions the reader will follow the participants through their financial journey while they too will be able to make the necessary changes to manage their finances successfully.

The book will encourage the reader to search their community for a financial institution who will assist them to meet their financial goal.

About the Author

Tessa-Marie Shillingford was born in Dominica, W.I. and immigrated to Canada in 1967. She spent a number of years working in the Government Services, first with the West Indies Trade Council and the Government of Ontario Ministry of Education.

Being a successful and savvy business woman, she established and managed her own business teaching ceramic arts in 1980.

With her unique business experience and ability to communicate effectively, Tessa-Marie has been an invited guest speaker for numerous groups and associations where she enlightens them on knowing the benefits of proper financial management.

Currently, Tessa-Marie Shillingford is a Manager of Financial Services for a leading financial institution. She has a designation as a Personal Financial Planner including: Personal Financial Counselling issued by the Institute of Canadian Bankers that has eminently qualified her to provide her exceptional insight into personal financial and credit management.

She resides in Scarborough, Ontario with her husband Bryan, and has three children, Gillian, Vanessa and Michael.