Emmie Martin is a personal finance reporter at CNBC Make It. She formerly covered money, careers, and lists and rankings at Business Insider. Martin has a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and currently lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. You can follow her on Twitter at @emmiemartin.
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