Emily Starbuck Gerson
Emily Starbuck Gerson is a journalist who’s been writing professionally for nearly two decades, many of those years for Experian. Emily’s areas of expertise include personal finance, small business, LGBTQ+, military, caregiving and health and wellness. Her writing has received two Excellence in Journalism awards from the National Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists.
In addition to being published by numerous national media outlets, Emily has also written for major organizations such as Yamaha Music USA and Duke University. Emily is a military spouse who lives with her wife and two rescue dogs wherever the Air Force sends them (currently the DC area).
Expertise: Credit, credit cards, loans, debt, homebuying, insurance, divorce
Experience: Emily worked as a full-time staff writer at CreditCards.com and NerdWallet and spent a year as a marketing copywriter for one of the nation's largest credit unions. As a freelance writer, she has written for dozens of personal finance websites over the past 15 years.