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Ashley Harrison
Contributing Writer
Expertise
Personal finance•
mortgages•
loans
How I Think About Money“Money is something everyone needs and deals with, but using it well takes some know-how. My goal is to help all people access that financial knowledge so they can feel empowered — and less like they're herding cats. ”
Previous experience
Forbes Advisor
USA TODAY Blueprint
Credible
Student Loan Hero
Education
B.S. in English from Utah Tech University
Ashley Harrison is a NerdWallet writer who specializes in home lending topics. She has covered mortgages, loans, and personal finance since 2017. Before joining NerdWallet, she wrote and edited high-performing content for Forbes Advisor, USA TODAY Blueprint, and Credible. She has also spent several years as a self-employed writer and editor.
Ashley earned a bachelor’s degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing from Utah Tech University. Outside of personal finance, she is a published horror writer, and her short horror story “The Box” was produced by the award-winning NoSleep Podcast. She lives in Southern Utah, and if she’s not writing, she can usually be found playing spooky video games and wrangling her black cats, Salem and Binx.