"Families rely on financial services more than ever, but those who need them most - who struggle to make ends meet - too often must contend with sky-high interest rates and tricks and traps buried in the fine print of their loan products."
American politician and legal scholar serving as a U.S. senator from Massachusetts since 2013. She is known for consumer-protection work and financial-regulation advocacy. Before elected office, she taught law and helped shape the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.