Kate represents New York swimming at its finest. Born and bred in Suffolk, Long Island, she joined her first team at age seven, first competing for the Huntington Bay Club and the YMCA Bluefish. In high school, she was the team captain for the St. Anthony Friars. As a Junior National qualifier and one of the fastest swimmers in the New York Metro area, Kate was awarded a full scholarship at Siena College, in upstate Loudonville, New York. She was soon the team captain, and holds 8 Sienna school records to this day. Above the surface, she is also an accomplished sailor, having navigated around Long Island to Martha's Vineyard. After many years as a top Imagine instructor, Kate joined the Imagine office team in the summer of 2011 as the Director of Client Services. In the summer of 2012, she was elevated to Imagine's Chief of Operations.