About

KATE ROPE is an award-winning freelance journalist and author whose work has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, and more. She is the author of Strong as a Girl: Your Guide to Raising Girls Who Know, Stand Up for, and Take Care of Themselves (Coming from St. Martin’s Press Essentials in October 2025), Strong as a Mother: How to Be Happy, Healthy and (Most Importantly) Sane From Pregnancy to Parenthood, co-author of The Complete Guide to Medications During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding, and co-executive producer of “Soldiers of Science: The Vietnam War, Anthony Fauci & the Doctors Who Revolutionized American Medicine,” an Audible Original documentary that she co-wrote with narrator Alan Alda.

Kate served as senior editorial director of The Jed Foundation, the nation’s largest suicide prevention nonprofit working in schools, colleges, and universities and editorial director of The Seleni Institute, an organization dedicated to maternal mental health. Before launching her freelance career, Kate was on staff at many national and international publications including Health.com, LIFE magazine, The Bangkok Post, and others.