Lauren Fairbanks is a Brooklyn-based writer hailing originally from that far away land known as the deep South. She has covered lifestyle, small business, personal finance, career, and sustainable living topics for various print and online publications including AOL, Young Money, Wise Bread, Learn Vest, She Knows, Savings.Com and Eating Well Magazine. Prior to her writing career, she worked in nonprofit management. Email: lauren@lifestylermag.com Twitter: LifeStylerMag