About the Author: Dannie Phan

Dannie is a a creative writer, gardener, photographer, journalist, gourmet, and a planner and a saver. In 2019, she opened a ScholarShare plan for the next scholar in the family.

She has made a living as a photographer, gig worker, 9-5er, freelancer, and a small business owner. She’s used rewards apps like Upromise and Swagbucks to save over $5,000 for her ScholarShare college fund, legendary backyard BBQ’s (with 12-hour smoked brisket), and numerous runs to Lowe’s and other hardware stores as she transforms her house into her dream home and food garden oasis in Orange County, California.

With her professional and personal life experience in education, public safety, health insurance, nutritional wellness, and culture, she brings an interdisciplinary perspective to her articles on Upromise.

You can find Dannie’s work as a writer and photographer in multiple Southern California periodicals such as the LAtimes, Live OC, and The Bottom Line. She is also cited in print and media works in Non Song Magazine, Morbid Magic: Death Spirituality and Culture from Around the World1968 Take over of North Hall, and Sen Sok Aquaponics.

On Upromise, Dannie writes about ways to get ready for college, save for college, and celebrating family milestone events.

In Dannie’s free time, you can find Dannie enjoying good food with good friends, elbows deep in dirt in her garden, or creating content (written and photographic) for Donegee Media.

Drop Dannie a line on Upromise, view her Swagbucks Member Profile, or reach out to her on LinkedIn or Instagram.

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