Gaby Lapera

Gaby Lapera is a researcher and writer at Credit Karma and a personal finance expert. She also spends time working on investing and science communication. Gaby graduated with a master's degree in biological anthropology from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, which is where she learned her way around a dataset.

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