: About Me

Shauna Zamarripa is a "Jane of all trades" and master of a few. Having spent 10 years in sales and sales management, Shauna has a unique, straightforward perspective on the sales, real estate and personal finance areas of life. Combining her work experience and no-nonsense attitude, Shauna brings important "whole view" perspectives on life, parenting, balancing work and life and doing it all on a shoestring budget. As the Channel Manager for the Smart Spending channel, Shauna loves to help foster new personal finance writers. Don't hesitate to contact her with any questions or ideas for the Smart Spending channel!

She is also the founder and creator of Penny Pinchers (www.thepennypincherstips.com) a blog focusing on money, money managing and common sense advice that isn't quite so common. She is well versed in covering everything from savings to shopping to earning some extra cash in ways the "average Joe" often overlooks.

As a freelance writer, Shauna is also working on projects associated with helping new freelance writers expand their craft, and has a website in pre-launch phases designed to help and educate the everyday writer in you.

My passion is ...

Educating those who are willing to learn

I know too much about ...

Money, managing money and real estate

My parents always told me ...

I was a prolific writer

My childhood ambition ...

to be the President of the United States

My favorite memory ...

I'm still making them...everday

Why I write ...

I am passionate about it. I feel it is an amazing way to convey knowledge and advice.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The quiet hum of my computer.

My first job ...

Beleive it or not...a telephone psychic

My best moment ...

Ask me later...

My inspiration ...

My family. Always and forever. Without them, I wouldn't be the me I am today.

Personal Finance > Smart Spending A look at Suze Orman's new debit card

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Financial planner, Suze Orman recently jumped into the prepaid debit card foray. Orman touts her Approved MasterCard as “better than cash” and “safer than cash”. Of course, anything with Orman’s name attached to it receives automatic tally marks in widely read consumer advocacy columns, but is this new prepaid MasterCard all that it’s cracked up to be? What is a prepaid debit card? Prepaid debit cards stand alone, unattached from traditional banks. Issuers do not require a credit or Chex Systems background authorization before granting users the benefits...

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