Cara Smith

Lead Writer

Expertise
  • Investing
  • auto loans
  • cryptocurrency

50+ Articles Written
56K+ Readers Reached
Previous experience
CoStar News, Houston Business Journal
Education
B.A. in journalism from University of Houston
Cara Smith is a lead writer at NerdWallet, where she writes about investing, cryptocurrency and auto loans. She has reported on commercial real estate, housing and general business for Houston Business Journal, CoStar News and other publications. She studied journalism and psychology at the University of Houston, where she served as the editor-in-chief of its student newspaper. She is based in Chicago, where she searches night and day for authentic Tex-Mex in the Midwest.