- 10+ years covering personal finance
- Author of “Dear Debt”
- Bylines at MSN, USA TODAY Blueprint, Business Insider, and Newsweek
Melanie Lockert has spent more than 10 years in personal finance. 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, Lockert 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” podcast.
- Student loans
- Personal loans
- Mortgages
- Credit cards
- Debt
- Money markets
- Insurance
- Banking
Lockert has a bachelor's in theater from California State University of Long Beach and a master's in performance studies from New York University.
