In this week’s Ten Money Questions we speak with Heather Barmore, one of BlogHer’s Contributing Editors for Business, Career & Personal Finance. She also blogs at No Pasa Nada. In her money posts, Heather always offers a refreshing and honest view about finances. She lives up to this reputation in her answers below. Enjoy! 1. You’re a rarity in that you escaped college without any student loan debt. Does this make it easier for you to get ahead financially? I didn’t realize how rare it was until after I graduated from college and started reading more about personal finance. Throughout college many of my close friends had parents who paid for their educations because they – our parents – wanted for us to be as ‘free’ to do what we really wanted to do without having that burden of paying back several thousand dollars. It’s helping me more now than it did at first; at 21 I was broke no matter who was paying for what and at 24 I am making more and saving more without the fear of Citibank knocking on my door to get their money back.

In this week’s Ten Money Questions, we speak with Morra Aarons-Mele, who serves as BlogHer’s Political Director in addition to covering politics as a Contributing Editor. She’s also a grad student, political consultant and frequent media commentator. I’ve caught her more than a few times on CNN. She gives her financial take below on school, mortgages, politics and her whopping wedding bill. Enjoy! 1. What kind of return do you hope to gain on your grad school investment? Well, I did a career change, and I needed a credential to help me along, so my grad school is more of a credential than an ROI. My big return is that I hope to complete my doctorate, which will allow me to work clinically in the field of adult development, do research, to teach, to write and to consult and carry the kind of capital-C credential I'll need to do my work. I won't know the real return for a long time, but in terms of return on investment, it has already helped. It's a wonderful door-opener.

In this week’s Ten Money Questions, we speak with Sanyika Calloway Boyce, an International speaker, financial expert and author of several books on personal finance, including Crack ‘Da Code: What Every College Student Needs to Know About Money, Love & The Dream Job. In the questions below, she tells us her “money story” and how she got from there to here. She’ll elaborate on these and more at the virtual Wealthy Girl Summit on January 24th to 27th, 2008.

In this week’s Ten Money Questions, we speak with Adryenn Ashley, an outspoken pundit, constitutional scholar, speaker and author of the new book, Every Single Girl’s Guide to Her Future Husband’s Last Divorce, dubbed as an all access pass to the world of second marriages. Read on to hear what she has to say about money and matrimony. Consider it a sneak peek to what she’ll be touting at the virtual Wealthy Girl Summit on January 24th to 27th, 2008. 1. What are three things that women can learn in your book about protecting their assets? Why Co-Mingling Is For Cocktail Parties! Keeping your assets separate is only good business practice... remember, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket!"? That's because you could drop the basket. Then what? So keeping your assets separate ensures that if one pot of gold is stolen, you have more to live on.

In this week’s Ten Money Questions, we speak with Virginia DeBolt, one of BlogHer’s Contributing Editors for Technology and Web. She is a former educator, who now writes about teaching web design using web standards and other web related topics. She blogs at Web Teacher and First 50 Words. As you’ll read below, she gives us with more than fifty words about money memories, the intersection of work and retirement and needing less “stuff” as we age. Enjoy! 1. You wrote that the elder years have been among your happiest. How does money play into this? I can get through the month without having to worry about whether or not I can afford to go to a movie now. That’s always been my criterion for whether or not I’m living from paycheck to paycheck. But I think I’m happier now because I’ve worked through so many of the difficult and turbulent issues of my youth and I’m more at peace with myself. I live alone, which is one of the things I enjoy and find peaceful about my life now. I’m in close daily contact with family and friends, but I really love the independence of living my life my way.