Marianne Hayes

Marianne Hayes

Marianne Hayes is a longtime freelance writer who's been covering personal finance for nearly a decade. She specializes in everything from debt management and budgeting to investing and saving. Marianne has written for CNBC, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and more. When she isn't writing about financial health, she's teaching creative writing workshops.

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