the corporate strategy group. o In early 2008, Scorgie joined the board of the YWCA Canada and in 2011 she became the organization's treasurer and also serves as a member on the University of Alberta President's Think Tank Committee. Scorgie appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show when she was 17 in the segment Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth, where she said that she would be a millionaire by 25. However, she was not able to achieve the goal. She has also appeared as a guest on The Montel Williams Show, The Marilyn Denis Show and MTV Live. Scorgie advocates that financial literacy training should be available in grade school to teach children about basic financial and debt principles. She volunteers presenting a money-managing class Money 101 to high school students a few times a year. She also puts on financial literacy presentations for students of University of Alberta. She earned her professional speaking designation through the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. Books and articles Rich by series Scorgie wrote her first book titled Rich by Thirty: A Young Adult’s Guide to Financial Success while she was studying at University of Alberta. The book was released in 2007 and became a bestseller six weeks after its release. According to her, she got the idea of writing the book in her first marketing class at University of Alberta when they were discussing serving various market niches and she realized that there was nobody operating in the financial literacy niche for under-30 people. The book provides worksheets, action plans, and tips to help young people save and plan their financial future. Rich by Thirty has been translated into English, French and Korean. An American version of the book has also been released that eliminates references to Canadian savings vehicles and inserts the American equivalents. She published her second book Rich by Forty: A Young Couple’s Guide to Building Net Worth in 2010 and it was named a bestseller after its release in 2010. In order to write the books, she interviewed people from average financial backgrounds and occupations who became wealthy and wrote about what she found common in the people. Other work She writes a regular column for Metro called Fun and Frugal as well as a special series Money 101 and has also written financial articles for the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail and Men's Health Magazine. She recommends young people