Ashley Chorpenning

Ashley Chorpenning is a personal finance writer and content creator. In addition to being a contributing writer at Credit Karma, she writes for solo entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies. Ashley has a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Cincinnati. When she’s not reading the hot new finance book, you might find Ashley cage diving with great white sharks in South Africa.

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