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Lauren Clifford
Senior Writer
Lauren Clifford is a senior writer at LendingTree with nearly a decade of experience in professional writing and editing. She is also a NACCC Certified Financial Health Counselor™, a designation that reflects formal training in consumer financial behavior and financial decision-making. She covers consumer lending and finance trends, translating complex topics into clear, actionable insights.
Lauren’s analysis of LendingTree research has been cited by major outlets including CBS News MoneyWatch, CNN, CNBC, JP Morgan Chase and Yahoo Finance. Most recently, she independently pitched and executed a nationwide personal loan shopping study that earned televised coverage across multiple media outlets.
Lauren’s work focuses on helping consumers make more informed financial decisions by combining data-driven insights with practical, real-world context.
Specialties
- Consumer loans
- Credit cards
- Personal finance and debt
Achievements
- 100+ articles written for LendingTree
- 8+ years of professional writing and editing experience
- Certified Financial Health Counselor™ via the National Association of Certified Credit Counselors
Education
- BA, University of California, Los Angeles
- MA, New York University
Bringing work home
“My four-year-old son has recently shown an interest in money. I’ll sometimes chat with him about the basics, but I wasn’t sure how much he was retaining until he offered to sell me a piece of his pizza for $100,000 at dinner last week. When I countered with $2, he told me I could ‘just get a loan’ to pay him the full $100,000.”
