Eleanor Worth
Financial Representative
About me
Being born and raised in Des Moines, I have always felt greatly connected to my hometown. It brings happiness in my day to day bumping into a familiar face or visiting local spots. I have embraced a family-oriented lifestyle where traditions and presence in the moment matters most. These experiences have energized and inspired me to offer the same sense of connection and security to those I serve.
Originally, I attended Des Moines Area Community College for the nursing program, hoping to find myself in oncology. My reasoning was to be a light for people in moments of vulnerability. I saw how hard those moments can be through my family's experience, so my vision formed with conviction. While my heart was in it for the purpose, I felt misalignment in true enjoyment for the sciences. I pivoted and finished my bachelor's degree in business studies from Drake University. With a desire to help, I had ideas of non-profit, teaching, and youth-focused entrepreneurial ideas. As the start of most great opportunities, it was a chance encounter with a peer, now friend, that landed me in my financial planning position. This is all the foundation of my butterfly effect.
Having faced the challenges of not knowing financial security and falling subject to life's curveballs, I've gained a unique perspective on the emotional significance surrounding finances. I have learned to express gratitude for life lessons and wins both big and small. My people are my world, and I strive to make a meaningful impact on everyone I encounter, both professionally and personally. Struggle is inevitable, I hope to be the person people call on to guide through it and celebrate with on the other side.
When I'm not putting in work or batting 80/20 success of mid-tier comedic relief, I am likely outside in the sun or on some type of mission. Typically, I'm finding out if the idea of something was as good as it sounded when the spontaneous thought formed. Making things memorable is my specialty!
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.
Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
