From Jupiter, Fla., Kate obtained her B.A. in Biology and Rhetoric & Composition from Oberlin College. She then obtained an M.A. and Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Kate is now a California Sea Grant Fellow in the Science Communication, Synthesis and Decisions Support Unit of the Delta Science Program, working to provide science communication materials for a wide variety of audiences so that science can inform management and policy in areas served by the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Kate likes to design, build and restore furniture in her spare time; she used to be a surf instructor in high school, but despite living in Santa Cruz for grad school, has not surfed since then.