Amanda Barroso, Ph.D., is a writer and credit expert at NerdWallet. She has spent four years helping consumers navigate credit building, budgeting and credit scoring. Her mission is to make credit less intimidating and empower people to make confident, informed financial decisions.
Her work has been featured by the Associated Press, Washington Post and Yahoo Finance.
Before joining NerdWallet, Amanda wrote about demographic trends at the Pew Research Center and earned a doctorate from The Ohio State University.
- Education: Ph.D., The Ohio State University, M.A., University of Southern California, B.A., Presbyterian College
- Awards: Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow (2017-2019)
- Organizations: Online News Association
- Previous experience: Writer at Pew Research Center, Policy Analyst at National Women's Law Center
