Erin El Issa

Senior Writer & Content Strategist

Expertise
  • Data analysis
  • personal finance

How I Think About Money “I love the math of personal finance, but I believe many of our day-to-day money decisions are feelings-based. I write to connect the data to the human experience, with empathy and the understanding that we're all trying to do our best.”
10+ Years of Experience
130+ Articles Written
9.2K+ Readers Reached
Previous experience
Tax accountant
Education
B.B.A. in accounting from Cleveland State University
Erin El Issa writes data-driven studies across personal finance topics. She loves numbers and aims to demystify data sets to help consumers improve their financial lives. Before becoming a Nerd in 2014, she worked as a tax accountant and freelance personal finance writer. Erin's work has been cited by The New York Times, CNBC, The Guardian, the "Today" show, Forbes and elsewhere. In her spare time, Erin reads and crochets voraciously and tries in vain to keep up with her two kids. She is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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