About Sarah Sheehan, MAT
Current Role
Personal finance writer
Expertise
- Tax Planning
- Retirement Planning
- Debt Management
- Student Loans
- Home Equity
- Personal Loans
- Investing
Certifications & Degrees
- MAT
- Bachelor’s degrees in psychology, international studies, and English from Western Carolina University; Master’s degree in teaching from Mercer University
Personal Finance Experience
Before finding her way to finance, Sarah taught in public and language schools in Georgia and Virginia. Despite having a stable salary, her long-term financial outlook seemed rather bleak—and she just couldn’t accept that.
Sarah turned to freelance finance writing to supplement her income and scratch a growing entrepreneurial itch. She soon specialized in writing about how taxes, retirement planning, and debt affect us on scales small and large. Now, she continues the important work of making realistic financial education accessible and actionable for the people who need it most.
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