Rebecca Lake

Rebecca Lake is a personal finance and small business journalist whose work has been featured online at U.S. News & World Report, Investopedia, Credit Sesame and MyBankTracker. She's an expert on budgeting, saving, credit, debt, investing, small business financing and start-up culture. Her focus lies on helping individuals and business owners enhance their financial knowledge and fine-tune their money management skills. 

Rebecca has been educating consumers and business owners about personal finance since 2012. Prior to that, she was a sales consultant with a leading communications company. 

Her work has been widely syndicated on sites like MSN Money, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Fox News, LearnVest and CBS News MoneyWatch. In addition to working with major online publications, she's also helped with developing content strategy for a number of highly visible brands in the financial services industry. 

Rebecca holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of South Carolina. She also pursued a master's degree in criminal justice at Charleston Southern University. 

 "Knowledge is the most valuable tool you need to master your money."