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Amy Fontinelle

  • Leading personal finance writer with more than 15 years of experience
  • Budgeting, credit cards, mortgages, real estate, insurance, taxes, and wealth planning expert
  • Finished college in three years to save money, and still graduated with honors

Expertise

Budgeting, credit cards, mortgages, real estate, insurance, taxes, wealth planning

Personal finance experience

Amy Fontinelle has been a personal finance writer since 2006. Her work has been published by Forbes Advisor, Capital One, MassMutual, Prudential, Reader’s Digest, The Motley Fool, Investopedia, International Business Times, Business Insider, Bankrate, and other outlets.

Previous experience

Amy also has more than 15 years of experience as a copy editor and proofreader for public policy organizations, educational organizations, and economists.

Amy spends much of her free time in the kitchen making her own pizza dough and ricotta cheese.

Education

Amy earned her bachelor’s degree in Spanish from Washington University in St. Louis and a certificate in journalism from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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