My Side Hustle Brings In $400K A Year-Here’s How I Spend My Money

Chisom Okwulehie was gifted at drawing from a young age. She decided to turn her artistic instincts toward a more profitable line of work, studying architecture and public planning in college. Today, the 35-year-old mother of two earns about $163,000 a year working as an architectural designer for the Port of Authority for New York and New Jersey and running her own interior design side business for private clients, Juntero.
This is an installment of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money.
Produced by: Zach Green
Senior Managing Producer: Eric M. Clark
Senior Production Manager: Kathryn Mavrikakis
Additional Camera: Valentina Duarte
Editor: Nic Golden Henry
Animator: Elham Ataeiazar
Reporter: Mike Winters
Additional Footage: Chisom Okwulehie, Getty Images
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My Side Hustle Brings In $400K A Year-Here’s How I Spend My Money