Tiffany Lashai Curtis

Tiffany L. Curtis is a Black, queer and neurodiverse award-winning journalist, storyteller, and writer with over seven years of experience crafting content that informs, inspires, and empowers readers. Based in Philadelphia, PA, Tiffany specializes in personal finance, health, and lifestyle content, and podcasting, drawing on a background in digital media to produce work that is inclusive, accessible, and impactful.

Tiffany’s work has been published by platforms such as Business Insider, Refinery29, Cosmopolitan, and The Philadelphia Inquirer with writing that centers health, race, politics, and arts & culture. Recognized by the Lenfest Institute of Journalism and the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, Tiffany is committed to telling stories that prioritize empathy, equity, and accuracy.

She was most recently a lead personal finance writer for NerdWallet. Currently, Tiffany is exploring new ways to connect with audiences through digital storytelling. Tiffany’s work is grounded in the belief that words are a tool for connection, community, and positive change.

Bumble - How to Check in Friends Mental Health

By Tiffany Curtis


Of the many ways that the coronavirus pandemic has severely impacted daily lives, one of the biggest is the toll it’s taking on mental health. What makes it even harder to fight off loneliness and anxiety right now is that many of us are isolated from our friends, who provide an important support system that we all could use during these stressful times. 


One way to make things easier on our friends right now is by checking in on them and asking about their mental health....

4 Women of Color Share How Their Spirituality Has Helped Them Heal, Rest, and Resist

Tirelessly fighting for racial justice period, let alone in a landscape where an invisible virus threatens a person's very existence is tiring. And yet women of color, Black women in particular, are often looked to as sources of strength, even when we want to—and deserve the right to—fall apart. While it’s okay not to be okay right now, some female-identifying people of color are finding that spirituality is helping them find healing energy that allows for rest, replenishing themselves, and pers...

How white and non-Black people can pay reparations, even if Congress never figures it out

Affiliate links for the products on this page are from partners that compensate us and terms apply to offers listed (see our advertiser disclosure with our list of partners for more details). However, our opinions are our own. See how we rate products and services to help you make smart decisions with your money.The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and countless other Black individuals at the hands of police have reignited the Black Lives Matter movement, and with it, a rene...

New Fishtown gallery spotlights women artists of color

A new art gallery has opened in Fishtown that's dedicated to showing the works of female artists of color, and it draws its inspiration from a decades-before-her-time "maker" (and candy-shop owner) from North Philly.A'Driane Nieves, founder of the Tessera Arts Collective at 2568 Frankford Ave., is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist, writer, speaker, and maternal mental health advocate known in the art world as Addye B.Both her alias and her commitment to women of color pay homage to her grea...

We need to talk about women of color in creative industries when we discuss the wage gap

April 10th, 2018 is this year’s Equal Pay Day.Since Sheryl Sandberg first told us to Lean In back in 2013, the ratio of women’s median earnings to that of white men’s continues to reflect pay inequality. As of 2016, women were making only 80.5 percent of male counterparts’ earnings for full-time work, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Despite the fact that women outnumber men in all areas of post-secondary education, they are still only making around 92 cents to every dolla...

Why Aren't Fashion Schools Cultivating More Plus-Size Designers?

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Comunidades of Latinxs rewriting our narratives, redefining freedom, and finding joy in our nuances together.

Get ready for an unforgettable experience at Beautycon 2024, where the future of beauty is your playground.

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