Jennifer Calonia

• 10+ years in personal finance.
• Work has appeared on SoFi Learn, Yahoo Finance, and Newsweek Vault.

Bio and experience

Jennifer Calonia is a personal finance writer and editor with more than 10 years of experience. She is an expert in student and personal loans, debt, credit cards and budgeting and believes smart money management starts with making financial concepts and advice accessible to the everyday person.

Jennifer has worked as a deputy editor at Student Loan Hero, managing editor at GOBankingRates, a My Money contributor at U.S. News & World Report, digital content specialist at City National Bank, and a contributing writer at Forbes, FinanceBuzz, Credit Karma, and The Finance Gum.

She is currently a contributing freelance writer for Grammarly, U.S. News & World Report, MPOWER Financing, Bankrate, LendingTree, SoFi, Newsweek, NerdWallet, and Student Loan Planner.

Education

Jennifer has a degree in English, with a specialty in creative writing, from California State University, Northridge.