Dana Wiggins has a Bachelor of Science in Integrated Science and Technology from James Madison University, and worked on community development projects including micro lending in the U.S. Peace Corps. She worked on local and state environmental policy, before moving to the Virginia Poverty Law Center to work on small loan issues. Currently, Dana is the Director of Outreach and Financial Advocacy at the Virginia Poverty Law Center and coordinates both their Affordable Clean Energy Project around utility fairness and consumer work around predatory products and the financial marketplace. Her focus is on public education, policy, and advocacy to prevent predatory lending practices, and runs a hotline for those in need of information or help with predatory loans