Writer

  • 10+ years covering personal finance
  • Certified Credit and Financial Health Counselor
  • Bylines at Forbes, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, Business Insider, and Newsweek

Experience

Zina Kumok has spent more than 10 years covering personal finance. 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 byline 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.

Kumok is a Certified Credit Counselor and Financial Health Counselor through the National Association of Certified Credit Counselors since 2022.

Expertise

  • Student loans
  • Credit
  • Credit cards

Education

Kumok has a bachelor's in journalism from Indiana University.

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