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Constance Sommer

CREDIT AND MONEY MANAGEMENT EXPERT CONTRIBUTOR

About the author

“I like helping people figure out what cards should be in their wallet. There are so many products out there – it can be overwhelming. And not every card works for every lifestyle. I hope that my articles make the choices clearer for readers.” - Constance Sommer

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in History, U.C. Berkeley
  • Master’s in Journalism, University of Missouri

Highlights

  • Professional journalist
  • Worked as a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times and The Associated Press, among others
  • Writing published in The New York Times, The Washington Post and Vogue, among others.
  • Writing about personal finance for CreditCards.com since 2016

Experience

Constance Sommer is a professional journalist who started her career in newspapers, working as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and a little weekly newspaper called The Acorn. More recently, as a freelance writer, her work has appeared in CreditCards.com, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and Vogue, among others.

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