Banking editor Sophia Acevedo is among the layoffs at Business Insider.
She led Personal Finance Insider’s banking coverage, including reviews, guides, reference articles, and news. She edits and updates articles about banks, checking and savings accounts, CD rates, budgeting, and general saving. She was also a part of Business Insider’s 2024 series “My Financial Life,” which focused on telling stories that could help people live and spend better.
Acevedo was nominated for an Axel Springer Award for Change in 2023 for her coverage of ABLE Accounts, tax-free savings accounts for people with disabilities. She was also a winner of a 2018 California Journalism Awards Campus Contest for her photography.
Sophia graduated from California State University Fullerton with a degree in journalism and a minor in political science.
