Kelly Dilworth Expertise: Credit Cards, Loans, Personal Finance Education: Sarah Lawrence College Location: Toronto, Ontario and Corpus Christi, Texas Highlights Personal finance journalist who writes about credit cards, loans, and insurance for The BalanceAlso published on a dozen other top personal finance websites Frequently writes about spending, saving, budgeting, and borrowing, and especially enjoys helping readers navigate their finances, decode financial products, and make smart decisions with their money Experience Kelly Dilworth has been covering personal finance since late 2010 and has published hundreds of articles, blog posts, Q&As, and product reviews on a wide range of money-related topics, including consumer banking and lending, credit reporting and scoring, consumer protection laws, and new financial technologies.Her articles are frequently syndicated and, besides The Balance, have appeared on Forbes Advisor, CreditCards.com, LendingTree, Student Loan Hero, MagnifyMoney, CompareCards, NBCNews.com, Money.com, Yahoo! Finance, Fox Business, MSN.com, and others. Education Kelly holds a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Sarah Lawrence College. 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.