Lindsey Stanberry is a freelance writer, editor, content strategist, and founder of The Purse, a site dedicated to women and personal finance. She loves a good money secret, and she’s happy to listen if you want to share yours. (She won’t tell.) 

Lindsey spent the last decade writing, editing, and building audiences for some of the biggest brands in digital media. As an executive editor at Fortune, she oversaw the launch of a number of initiatives to help the storied brand reach younger and more diverse audiences. She also served as co-chair of Fortune’s Impact Initiative and Most Powerful Women Next Gen conferences. 

Before joining Fortune, Lindsey was the deputy managing editor at CNBC Make It and served as the editorial lead on CNBC Select, a personal finance ecommerce site. She worked for more than five years at Refinery29, where she launched the Work & Money section and ran Money Diaries, a franchise that garnered an international cult following. 

Lindsey is the author of Money Diaries: Everything You Want to Know About Your Finances…And Everyone Else’s, and her writing has appeared in Fortune, CNBC, Refinery29, and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn with her frugal husband and expensive kid.