"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." ~Luke 4:18-19Briana "Bri" Franklin is a businesswoman, philanthropist, and student debt expert leading the crusade to conquer predatory lending.Having taken on a burden that eventually ballooned to nearly $120K in student debt through her undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College, Bri developed an acute appreciation for the challenges many student debt holders experience, including diminished ability to establish financial independence, take advantage of personal freedoms (ie starting a family and/or home buying) or launch business ventures.In recognizing the extent to which other Black women especially experience adversity at the hands of the $2T student debt crisis and lack of financial literacy, she formed The Prosp(a)rity Project as a solution for eradicating these systemic barriers.Her accolades include coverage in Forbes, Katie Couric Media, Buzzfeed, and Authority Magazine, winning SXSW's 2023 Innovation Award for Social Impact and being named Visionary Women's 2023 Rising Visionary and a 2023 Aspen Ideas Fellow.