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Melanie Lockert is a Portland-based personal finance writer and founder of the award-winning blog Dear Debt. Melanie has several years of experience writing in the personal finance space. Her work has appeared in the Huffington Post, Student Loan Hero, Credit Karma, GoGirl Finance and more.
