Kate McCarroll Moore has a background in education. Now retired, she serves as the director of curriculum and instruction for a large school district and was honored to serve as Poet Laureate for the City of San Ramón, California for three consecutive terms (2012 - 2018). She strongly believes in the power of poetry to transform lives. Currently teaching online writing courses and serving as a book coach for a non-profit organization that connects low-income families with access to high quality books, she has studied with Naomi Shihab Nye, Tess Taylor, Georgia Heard and other poets.