About the Founder
Samantha Muriello, MBA
I'm a financial-wellness educator, not a licensed financial adviser. What I teach comes from two places: more than 15 years of helping people change physical habits, and the years I spent rebuilding my own finances after major setbacks.
I've run a trucking business, earned an MBA, and learned process discipline as a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt. Along the way I noticed the same thing over and over: people don't fail with money because they lack information. They fail because the plan doesn't fit the life. So I built one that does — the Three-Bucket System of Bills, Savings and Lifestyle.
I'm currently about two years into a five-year goal of accumulating $1 million, and I've accumulated roughly half a million dollars so far. I share that as my own experience, not as a projection of what anyone else should expect. Results vary, and nothing here is a promise of financial outcomes.
Background and credentials
- MBA
- B.S. in Exercise Science
- 15+ years in fitness, coaching and behavior change
- Entrepreneur and former trucking-business owner
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
- Creator of the Three-Bucket System
Philosophy
Financial health and physical health run on the same engine: small, repeatable actions performed on ordinary days. A budget you rebuild every month is as unsustainable as a workout plan that needs two free hours a day. The work is to shrink the plan until it survives your worst week, then let consistency do the compounding.
That's why Smart Money Movement pairs money systems with wellness habits, accountability and time-efficient routines — and why every program is built around what you'll actually repeat. See how the approach works.
Media-ready biography
Media and speaking inquiries: sam@smartmoney-movement.com
Work with Samantha
Join the next 30-Day Build Wealth. Live Well. Challenge, or invite Samantha to speak to your organization.