Kathy Sena has been a full-time freelance writer for the past 15 years. She received a B.S. degree in journalism from Arizona State University. Kathy covers consumer, women's, parenting, lifestyle and health topics in addition to writing profiles and personal essays. She is a recipient of two Parenting Publications of America awards for excellence in health reporting and feature writing. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and The Authors Guild.
Kathy's articles and essays have appeared in Newsweek ("My Turn"), USA Today, Woman's Day, Family Circle, AARP the Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Shape, Chicago Tribune, Child, Weight Watchers Magazine and many other publications. Her articles have been distributed through the New York Times Syndicate and Tribune Media.
On the Web, Kathy has completed a three-month weight-loss blog, "Scaling Down and Fessing Up," for WomansDay.com (and lost 15 pounds!). She is currently blogging about parenting at www.parenttalktoday.com.
In addition, Kathy works as Consumer Reports' social media reporter on Twitter at @CReporter.
On assignment, Kathy has strapped on skates for an in-line skating camp in Minnesota, re-lived a 5th-grade bra-snapping incident, paddled her own kayak on a California mountain lake and broken out in hives after reviewing one too many spa treatments. She lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband, 13-year-old son and Charlie the rescue dog.
