Anna Baluch Expertise: Financial products and services, personal and student loans, mortgages, budgeting, banking, auto financing, debt relief Title: Freelance Writer Education: Roosevelt University, Northwood University Location: Cleveland, Ohio Highlights Over seven years of experience researching and writing about financial products and servicesPublished on well-known personal finance websites including LendingTree, Experian, Credit Karma, and moreHas an MBA from Roosevelt University in Chicago Experience Anna Baluch has more than seven years of experience researching and writing about financial services and products. She also has over a decade of experience writing for online publications and digital companies. She has written hundreds of articles on personal and student loans, mortgages, debt relief, auto financing, budgeting, banking, and more. Anna was featured on the "Burn Your Mortgage" podcast in July 2019, where she discussed how she paid off her mortgage in just 16 months.Anna's work has appeared on well-known personal finance websites like LendingTree, Business Insider, Credit Karma, Experian, Freedom Debt Relief, Nav, Rocket Mortgage, Policygenius, U.S. News & World Report, American Express, and more. She also has experience working in SEO, social media, and marketing.Anna has been writing for The Balance since 2020. Education Anna has a bachelor's degree in marketing from Northwood University in Midland, Michigan. She also earned her Master's of Business Administration (MBA) from Roosevelt University in Chicago. About The Balance The Balance, a Dotdash Meredith brand, makes money easy to understand. We give people tools they need to not only make smart financial decisions but also prepare for the experiences they will have along the way. Our team of expert writers and editors have extensive qualifications in the topics they cover, and many of them have MBAs, PhDs, CFPs, and other advanced degrees and professional certifications. We require our writers to use primary sources in their articles, which are also approved by our Financial Review Board and fact-checked. You can learn more about the standards we follow in producing accurate, unbiased content in our editorial policy.