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Kurt Woock
Lead Writer & Content Strategist
Expertise
Personal finance
How I Think About Money“It's been pretty helpful for me to make financial decisions on behalf of the version of me who will exist in 5, 10, 20 years from now. ”
7+Years of Experience
30+Articles Written
386K+Readers Reached
Previous experience
Member educator
Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association
Education
M.A. in journalism from the University of Missouri
B.A. from Valparaiso University
Kurt Woock started writing for NerdWallet in 2021. Prior to joining NerdWallet, Kurt was a writer and educator for Colorado PERA, a retirement system for public employees. Before that he was a legislative editor for the Colorado General Assembly. Kurt has a B.A. from Valparaiso University and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He lives in Chicago.