- 10+ years in personal finance.
- Certified credit and financial health counselor.
- Work has appeared on MSN, Yahoo, Forbes, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, Business Insider, and Newsweek.
Bio and experience
Zina Kumok is a personal finance writer and speaker with more than 10 years of expertise in student loans, credit, and credit cards. As a former newspaper reporter, she began her personal finance career by blogging about her successful attempt to pay off $28,000 in student loans in three years.
Her work has been featured by MSN, Cheapism, Money Under 30, Yahoo Finance, Bad Credit, Forbes, USA Today, AOL, FinanceBuzz, CardRates, U.S. News & World Report, Business Insider, Investopedia, Newsweek, NewsBreak, and MarketWatch.
Zina is a Certified Credit Counselor and Financial Health Counselor through the National Association of Certified Credit Counselors since 2022.
Zina has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Indiana University.
