• 10+ years covering personal finance.
  • Author of “Dear Debt.”
  • Work has appeared at MSN, USA TODAY Blueprint, Business Insider, and Newsweek.

Bio and experience

Melanie Lockert has more than 10 years of experience in personal finance, specializing in student loans, student loan relief, personal loans, mortgage, home buying, credit cards, debt consolidation and management, money markets, insurance, and banking. 

She is the author of, "Dear Debt," and was featured by The New York Times and MarketWatch. The book details how Melanie paid off $81,000 in student loan debt.

In addition to working as a blogger for DearDebt.com, Melanie has been a contributing writer for Buy Side from WSJ, MSN, AOL, Fortune, USA TODAY Blueprint, Business Insider, Newsweek, CNN, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune Recommends, Student Loan Planner, and Yahoo Finance. She is also the co-founder of the Lola Retreat and host of the Mental Health and Wealth show podcast.

Education

Melanie has a bachelor's degree in theater from California State University of Long Beach and a master's degree in performance studies from New York University.

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