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Erica Gellerman, CPA

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Erica Gellerman is a personal finance writer with an MBA in marketing and strategy from Duke University. She’s also the founder of The Worth Project: a weekly money newsletter you actually want to read. Her work has been featured on Business Insider, Forbes, Lifehacker, Money, The Everygirl and The Everymom. 
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