
Joshua Escalante Troesh
CFP® | MBA
Professor & Personal Finance Expertise
Josh has over two decades of experience guiding entrepreneurs as a business consultant, tenured professor of entrepreneurship and personal finance, and fiduciary financial advisor for business owners.
Joshua is a Tenured Professor of Entrepreneurship and Personal Finance, a Certified Financial Planner, and basically nerds out on this stuff.
- Developed Personal Finance curriculum adopted by numerous California Community Colleges and approved as General Education by the Cal State University system.
- Ranked #1 Financial Advisor nationally by Investopedia Advisor Insights.
- Founder of Purposeful Finance, a financial planning nonprofit that provides resources to over a quarter million people annually.
Josh is regularly quoted on personal finance topics, including in:



