Kyla Scanlon
{{Short description|American blogger and author (born 1997)}}
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| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
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| alma_mater = Western Kentucky University
| occupation = {{hlist|Content creator|educator|author}}
| years_active = 2019–present
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| website = {{URL|https://kylascanlon.com}}
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Kyla Scanlon (born 1997){{cite web |author1=kylascan |title=born in 97 and very grateful to not have had tiktok |url=https://x.com/kylascan/status/1739728483306160414 |website=Twitter |access-date=July 9, 2024 |date=26 Dec 2023}} is an American financial content creator, educator, and author.
Early life and education
Kyla Scanlon was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1997.{{cite web |last1=Serwer |first1=Andy |title=Kyla Scanlon Has Gen Z's Attention. Here's What They're Worried About Financially |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/kyla-scanlon-gen-z-stock-market-economy-investing-influencer-cc08d2dc |website=Barrons |access-date=May 31, 2024 |date=November 3, 2023}} Scanlon graduated from Western Kentucky University's Gordon Ford College of Business in 2019, triple majoring in financial management, economics and business data analytics.{{cite web |title="People are the economy:" Kyla Scanlon discusses money, markets and more - University of Southern Indiana |url=https://www.usi.edu/business/news/2023-news/people-are-the-economy-kyla-scanlon-discusses-money-markets-and-more |website=University of Southern Indiana |access-date=May 31, 2024}}{{cite web |author1=WKU News |title=Ogden Foundation Scholar thankful for WKU experience |url=https://www.wku.edu/news/articles/index.php?view=article&articleid=7682 |website=Western Kentucky University |access-date=May 31, 2024 |language=en |date=May 3, 2019}}
Career
In 2019, Scanlon moved to Los Angeles to begin her career in finance, working for Capital Group in asset management, conducting macroeconomic analysis and modeling investment strategies.{{cite web |author1=Kai Ryssdal |title=Kyla Scanlon wants to remind us that "people are the economy" |url=https://www.marketplace.org/2024/05/30/kyla-scanlon-wants-to-remind-us-that-people-are-the-economy |website=Marketplace |access-date=May 31, 2024 |date=May 30, 2024}} Scanlon later founded Bread, a financial education company.
In June 2022, Scanlon coined the term vibecession, a portmanteau of the words "vibes" and "recession" in her newsletter about Americans' view of their economy.{{cite web |author1=Tracy Alloway |author2=Joe Weisenthal |title=Lots More with Kyla Scanlon on the Economic Vibes |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-07/kyla-scanlon-talks-the-vibecession-and-economic-tiktoks |website=Bloomberg News |access-date=June 7, 2024 |language=en |date=June 7, 2024}}{{cite web |title=What Is A 'Vibecession? |url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/vibecession |website=Dictionary.com |access-date=May 31, 2024 |date=November 28, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Scanlon |first1=Kyla |title=The Vibecession: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy |url=https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-vibecession-the-self-fulfilling |website=Kyla's Newsletter |access-date=May 31, 2024 |date=June 30, 2022}} The term was created by Scanlon to describe public perception of the American economy during the presidency of Joe Biden.
Her first book, In This Economy?: How Money and Markets Really Work, was published on May 28, 2024.
Bibliography
- {{Cite book |first=Kyla |last=Scanlon |year=2024 |title=In This Economy? |publisher=Crown Currency |isbn=9780593727874 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://kylascanlon.com}}
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