Designed 2 Invest (D2I) is a non-profit financial wellness and lifestyle platform focused on helping people navigate investing and career advancement through design-centered thinking. 

We’re a Seattle-based married couple: John, an investor with a design background, and Kristina, a corporate communications executive. 

We grew up in middle-class families, however in vastly different environments. John was raised in the Upper East Side of New York City and studied transportation design in Detroit, Mich. Kristina was raised in a suburb of Detroit, Mich, where she studied psychology and communications. Our families taught us that getting good grades, a college degree and good-paying corporate jobs was the key to financial achievement. What wasn’t discussed was how to invest in the stock market or other asset classes. Living in NYC, Detroit, Nashville and Shanghai, we leveraged our global travel and work experience and began investing in a number of different asset classes. 

With a growing concern about the rising cost of living, we decided to develop a financial wellness curriculum for our parents and families. We met with them for a “Stock-Club Sunday” virtual call to pass along the knowledge we gained from actively investing. These discussions were grounded in helping to teach the financial wellness, literacy and income-generating tools that we learned from financial and corporate mentors. 

Today, Designed 2 Invest’s mission is to help folks achieve an elevated form of financial wellness and stock market awareness - helping them increase their capital for financial freedom. Check us out at www.designed2invest.com or Instagram for resources and upcoming events!