- 8+ years in personal finance.
- Certified student loan counselor and financial planner.
- Work has appeared on Buy Side WSJ, U.S. News & World Report, Money, MSN, The Street, FinanceBuzz, Yahoo Finance, CNN, NerdWallet, Forbes Advisor, USA TODAY Blueprint, Newsweek Vault, Newsbreak, NerdWallet, Credit Karma, Yahoo Auto, MediaFeed, and Investopedia.
For over eight years, Kat Tretina has been a personal finance writer for over eight years, specializing in financial aid for students, personal loans, credit cards, banking, insurance, mortgages, and budgeting.
Kat worked as a content writer at Student Loan Hero and is currently a financial contributor for Buy Side from WSJ, U.S. News & World Report, Money, NerdWallet, and CNN. She's also a certified student loan counselor and financial planner through the National Association of Certified Credit Counselors.
Kat has a bachelor's degree in English and communications from Elizabethtown College and a master's in communications from West Chester University.
