Stephanie Colestock

Writer

• 11+ years covering personal finance
• Certified Financial Education Instructor
• Byline at USA TODAY Blueprint, TIME Stamped, Newsweek Vault, and Newsweek

Experience

Stephanie Colestock has over 11 years of personal finance expertise, specializing in investments, student and personal loans, insurance, budgeting, taxes, mortgages, and real estate.

She worked as the managing editor at Dough Roller until turning to freelance writing, where her work has been featured on USA TODAY Blueprint, TIME Stamped, Newsweek Vault, AOL, Business Insider, Newsweek, Associated Press Buyline Personal Finance, Lower My Bills, Yahoo Finance, MSN, Investopedia, LendEDU, Credit Karma, The Dough Roller, CBS News, FinanceBuzz, U.S. News & World Report, TIME, MarketWatch Guides, NJ.com, SmartAsset, New York Post, and Money.

Stephanie is a Certified Financial Education Instructor and working towards her financial planner certification.

Expertise

• Investments
• Student loans
• Personal loans
• Insurance
• Budgeting
• Taxes
• Mortgages
• Real estate

Education

Stephanie has a bachelor's in biology and a minor in English from Baylor University.