Lauryn Haas is an editor on Business Insider's business contributors and freelance team, based in New York City. She works with external writers to publish as-told-to stories and personal essays across the careers, finance, transportation, economy, and personal finance verticals. Lauryn started at Business Insider in 2021 as an editorial partnerships fellow. Before BI, she was the director of communications for a nonprofit organization and held internships covering local news and in public relations in Toledo, Lexington, Cincinnati, and London. She’s an Ohio native, a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a BA degree in print multimedia journalism, and a Fulbright scholar.