Hey Doc! What does it really mean to protect your ideas, build generational wealth, and stay ahead of the next financial revolution?

This week on The Docs Get Money Podcast, I had the absolute honor of sitting down with Professor Tonya Evans — an intellectual property attorney, fintech expert, and one of the leading voices in the cryptocurrency space. In this conversation, we break down everything from IP and innovation to digital money and wealth building in communities of color.

Professor Evans shares how she went from big law to blockchain, why Bitcoin isn’t a scam (even though it sounds like one), and what physicians and professionals need to understand now to stay financially relevant in a digital economy. She also opens up about her own pivot — from law school professor to strategic consultant — and the legacy-building moves she’s making for herself and her future.

We talk about what it means to be prepared instead of panicked, how crypto and IP intersect in the most unexpected ways, and why it’s time to stop fearing the future and start learning how to participate in it.

This episode is full of insight, strategy, and mindset shifts — especially if you're curious about crypto, sitting on intellectual property you haven't monetized, or simply tired of being left out of wealth conversations that were never built for us to win.

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Hey Doc! You ever meet someone and immediately think, “Yep—she gets it”? That’s exactly what it felt like talking with Erica Simmons.

Erica isn’t a physician, but she is a visionary. As a personal branding photographer turned visual storytelling strategist, she’s captured the essence of some of the most brilliant Black women in medicine—and helped them step into who they truly are beyond the white coat.

In this episode of The Docs Get Money Podcast, we dig deep into identity, imposter syndrome, and what it means to be seen—not just photographed. Erica shares how she went from a small-town wedding shoot to shooting for brands like TJ Maxx, Clinique, and Lincoln. But more than the brands or business, it’s her heart for helping women see themselves fully that makes her work so transformative.

We talk about the weight of expectations, the quiet courage required to believe in your own story, and how choosing yourself—again and again—is a revolutionary act, especially for Black women in service-based industries. And yeah… we get real about how hard entrepreneurship can be when you're juggling work, family, legacy, and faith all at once.

This isn’t just about photography. It’s about identity, alignment, and the sacred work of being fully yourself in a world that keeps trying to box you in.

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Hey Doc! This week on the pod, I got to sit down with Dr. Rasheeda Hall, an associate professor, nephrologist, and national research award winner who’s also the founder of Make Internal Shifts, a career coaching program for women of color in academic research. From building one of the few geriatric nephrology clinics in the world to leading multi-million dollar NIH-funded research initiatives, Dr. Hall is proof that you can be deeply academic, highly strategic, and boldly entrepreneurial—all at once.

In this episode, we dive into the underrecognized emotional labor of academic research, why women physicians often minimize their achievements, and how coaching can completely transform the way you see yourself and your potential. Dr. Hall shares her journey into medicine, how she discovered coaching through a grant at Duke, and the moment she realized her lived experience was more than enough to start a business that changes lives.

We also talk about the courage it takes to start something of your own, the mindset shifts required to step into visibility, and how entrepreneurship is teaching all of us to bet on ourselves in bigger ways. This is a conversation about impact, identity, and making space for your boldest dreams—even if you still work a 9 to 5.

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