with a double major in journalism and Spanish, having studied a semester in Valladolid, Spain. In college, her life-long passion for writing and history blossomed into a love for telling stories of the "everyday" people who made history.
She put that passion to paper as a reporter for newspapers in Illinois and Wisconsin, winning nine press association awards along the way.
Gilpatrick also founded Operation Freedom Appreciation in 2000, a program where she asks each American to thank at least one armed forces veteran a year.
Kristin Gilpatrick was born in Edgerton, Wis., to educators Robert and Barbara Gilpatrick. A Cedarburg High School alumna, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
