Janet Alvarez is the executive editor at the personal finance publication WiseBread. She is a CNBC and Telemundo contributor, as well as a Harvard Visiting Nieman Fellow. Alvarez is a formidable consumer advocate and veteran bilingual financial journalist.
In her more than 15 years in financial journalism, Alvarez has served as director of news and social media for Univision, contributing editor and video host for TheStreet.com, podcast host for TIME Inc. and Charles Schwab’s Insights & Ideas podcast, managing editor of Mint.com and Quicken, US news editor for Reuters Breakingviews, and an anchor/reporter for the nationally-syndicated news program First Business. She was also director of communications at PEAK6 Investments, a major options trading firm, where she was instrumental in the launch of WeSeed.com and OptionsHouse brokerage.
Alvarez has interviewed countless Fortune 1000 CEOs and CFOs, political luminaries, and major fund managers; and has written about everything from derivatives and corporate finance to basic budgeting and savings techniques. She is a sought-after commentator, and is regularly quoted by most major financial publications. She also appears regularly on radio and television programming, and is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer on personal finance and investing topics at universities, conferences, and roundtables.
Alvarez holds an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University, an MBA from the Thunderbird School at Arizona State University, and a certificate from the Wharton Business School’s Business Journalism Seminars.