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Lindsay VanSomeren

  • 9+ years in personal finance.
  • Work has appeared on Credit Karma, FinanceBuzz, and The Balance.

Bio and experience

Lindsay VanSomeren has been a personal finance writer for over nine years, specializing in budgeting, credit cards, insurance, and student and personal loans. Before becoming a finance writer, Lindsay worked as a research assistant at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Colorado State University. 

Since then, her articles have been featured on Credit Karma, LendEDU, Finance Buzz, Yahoo Finance, MSN, AOL, Bankrate, Deposit Counts, The Balance, ConsumerAffairs, Mortgage Research Center, Yahoo Money, Yahoo News, ValuePenguin, and Nasdaq.

Education

Lindsay has a bachelor's and master's degree in wildlife biology and conservation from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.