Cate Dicharry received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside in 2014 though she began her career at the University of Iowa in 2007 at the School of Art, Art History and Design. She later went on to work as Youth Programs Coordinator at the UI’s International Writing Program (IWP) and in 2019 became Director of the Writing and Humanities Program at Carver College of Medicine, serving also as Managing Editor of The Examined Life Journal and Director of The Examined Life Conference. 

Cate returned to the IWP as Executive Associate Director of Operations in 2024 and is thrilled to now be Administrator for the Department of Cinematic Arts. 

She is the author of the novel The Fine Art of Fucking Up, among other publications.