Mandi Woodruff-Santos

Mandi is a financial educator, business leader, career coach and co-host of the Brown Ambition podcast. She regularly contributes to Yahoo Finance Live, and her personal finance and career advice has also been featured by Dr. Phil, The New York Times, The Economist, Time magazine, CNBC, CNN, Business Insider, Essence, Self, Teen Vogue and U.S. News & World Report. While her journalism career began as a newspaper reporter, she eventually focused her lens on personal finance topics and began climbing the ranks at Business Insider and Yahoo Finance. Mandi has consulted with ConsumerAffairs since 2021, offering guidance and perspective that helps us benefit consumers nationwide.