A New Mexico native and graduate of University of New Mexico, Kate taught secondary education in New Jersey and New Mexico schools. She served for ten years as Education Director for Animal Humane Association New Mexico and Watermelon Mountain Ranch. Traveling the state with her assortment of performing blind and deaf dogs, she delivered her award-winning K-12 curriculum, You and Your Pet Are Forever to thousands of classrooms. Kate's recent writings have also appeared in various publications, including Bosque Beast, Petroglyphs, Pug News, DWAA Ruff Drafts as well as in More Voices New Mexico, third edition. Her article, "Oscar, a 70 Year Wait," was a Dog Writers of America finalist.
