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Aylea Wilkins

Editor
  • 5
    Years with Bankrate
  • 9
    Years of editorial experience
Ribbon Icon EXPERTISE
  • Personal finance
  • Debt relief
  • Student loans
  • Personal loans
  • Student financial aid
Education Icon EDUCATION
  • Bachelor of European Studies from Brigham Young University

Aylea Wilkins has worked at Bankrate since 2019. She currently edits articles on a variety of topics. Previously, she has edited Bankrate articles on insurance, personal loans, home equity loans and student loans.

Aylea has extensive editorial experience covering personal finance, business and marketing. Her career includes time as a copywriter for small businesses to improve their search engine optimization, freelance writing, website editing for small businesses and even an internship at Walt Disney World. Throughout her career, she has focused on helping readers find greater joy in their lives, often through making smart decisions on the road to financial freedom.

Outside of work, Aylea is extremely passionate about children's literature and literacy. She volunteers with reading organizations, keeps tabs on the latest in children's literature and reviews books on Goodreads and NetGalley. She can often be found planning another Disney vacation or working on the young adult novel she hopes to publish.

Living a joyful, fulfilling life is easier achieved when you make smart financial decisions that support who you want to be.

— Aylea Wilkins

Aylea's latest articles

  • Bolster review

    Bolster is a free app for iPhone and Android devices that help people monitor and maintain their credit scores.

    7 min read Nov 04, 2021
  • Safeport Law Credit Repair review

    Safeport Law offers a legal team that can help dispute errors on your credit report to help improve your score.

    7 min read Nov 04, 2021
  • Credit Firm Credit Repair Review

    Credit Firm offers credit repair services to those who are looking to correct errors on their credit reports

    7 min read Nov 04, 2021
  • The Credit People credit repair review

    Bankrate's The Credit People review goes over services, customer reviews, pros and cons and other factors to consider before signing up.

    8 min read Nov 04, 2021
  • Best cheap pet insurance companies

    If you want cheap pet insurance, you'll want to find a company with low average premiums or ones that allow you to customize your policy.

    10 min read Nov 04, 2021
  • Sky Blue Credit Repair Review

    Sky Blue Credit Repair offers services to help customers repair their credit by disputing errors, offering individual consultations and more.

    7 min read Nov 04, 2021
  • home-improvement

    A home improvement loan can help you finance a project that will improve or repair your home. Get prequalified for the best home improvement loan rate for you.

    17 min read Oct 27, 2021
  • best-rates

    Get prequalified for the best personal loan rate for you. Use our personal loans marketplace to get a loan for debt consolidation, major purchases and more.

    1 min read Oct 06, 2021