Kate Ashford is a freelance journalist who writes about personal finance and health. She has held staff positions at both Money and Good Housekeeping, where she covered insurance, travel, and consumer trends. She’s also held freelance positions at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and Entertainment Weekly. She has appeared on CNN, ABC, CBS and local New York TV stations, as well as several radio shows. Her freelance work has appeared in Money, More, Health, Women's Health, Parade, Popular Science, Self, Fitness, Glamour, Shape, Family Circle, Woman's Day, and on MoneyWatch.com and RealSimple.com, among others. She was nominated for a Business Journalist of the Year Award in 2008.
Kate holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Virginia and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.
