Leo Aquino

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Leo Aquino is Filipinx trans nonbinary with light skin. They are posed in front of a mountain scape in a black t-shirt. They have short black hair with the sides short and wearing clear glasses.

Leo Aquino is Filipinx trans nonbinary with light skin. They are posed in front of a mountain scape in a black t-shirt. They have short black hair with the sides short and wearing clear glasses.

Job title
writer   finance coach  
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trans   nonbinary   queer   Filipinx  
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Leo Aquino is Filipinx trans nonbinary with light skin. They are posed in front of a mountain scape in a black t-shirt. They have short black hair with the sides short and wearing clear glasses.
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Biography

Leo Aquino (they/them) was a Spending & Saving Reporter. Before joining the Insider team, they covered relationships, sexual wellness, beauty, fashion and more, always uplifting stories of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities. In 2022, Leo won The Curve Award for Emerging LGBTQ+ Journalists, presented by the NLGJA.

“Leo Aquino,” Business Insider, n.d., https://www.businessinsider.com/author/leo-aquino.

Leo Aquino is a non-binary queer Filipinx storyteller living in Los Angeles. They write queer romcoms, narrative nonfiction, and poetry. They also created Queer and Trans Wealth, an anti-capitalist personal finance resource for queer and trans folx looking for financial freedom from capitalism.

“Leo Aquino,” Lambda Literary, n.d., https://lambdaliterary.org/faculty_and_fellows/leo-aquino/.
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References
“For Anti-Capitalist Personal Finance Coach Leo Aquino, Trans Wealth Is Trans Power,” Them.Us, n.d., https://www.them.us/story/leo-aquino-trans-personal-finance-interview.