Heidi Rivera is a personal finance reporter for Bankrate. She began her journey in the personal finance space in 2018. Her areas of expertise include personal loans, mortgages, student loans and higher education.
When she isn’t writing, Heidi likes to spend time with her cats and explore different fiber-related crafts.
Heidi is a member journalist of the Education Writers Association, a nonprofit organization that helps journalists better cover the education beat in the U.S. Her work has been featured on Money Under 30, Money, MSN, Yahoo Money and Money Talks News.
Before becoming a personal finance writer, Heidi worked in post-production and localization for film and TV for seven years.
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