Janet is an award-winning personal finance journalist and recipient of the Donald Sheehan Fellowship for Wharton Business School. She is currently the WHYY/NPR news anchor and Executive Editor for Wise Bread.
After graduating school with over $150,000 in debt, Janet set about improving not only her own financial situation, but also the financial lives of others through her financial reporting.
A recognized personal finance expert, Janet appears regularly in major media such as ABC’s Good Morning Washington, US News & World Report, Forbes, CNBC, and Times Magazine.
About Janet
Janet Alvaraez is the Executive Editor of leading personal finance site WiseBread.com and the News Anchor for NPR/WHYY.
Janet knows a thing or two about improving finances: After graduating school with a 490 credit score and over $150,000 in debt, she set about improving not only her own financial situation, but also the financial lives of countless others through her work as an award-winning financial journalist and bilingual personal finance expert.
Across her long career, she has been a financial TV anchor on First Business and TheStreet, interviewing countless Fortune 500 CEOs, U.S. senators/governors, celebrities, and even economics luminaries such as former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
Her writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, Business Insider, Univision, Parents/Ser Padres, and countless other publications. Janet appears regularly on broadcast programs such as “Good Morning Washington” and Cheddar to share her financial advice with millions of viewers, and she's frequently quoted in major publications for her expert financial advice.
She's also been Managing Editor of Mint.com, U.S. News Editor of Reuters-BreakingViews, Director of News and Social Media for Univision, and host of Charles Schwab's/TIME Inc.'s Insights and Ideas business podcast. Janet holds an MBA and is a candidate for the CFP designation.
Janet resides in Philadelphia with her husband and young son. In her spare time, she writes poetry, plans her next family adventure traveling the world on a budget, and works on new ways to help educate consumers about their finances.