Kathy Gilsinan is a freelance journalist and author.Previously, Gilsinan was a contributing writer at the Atlantic, where she reported on national security and contributed to its coronavirus coverage.Gilsinan's work has appeared in POLITICO, Business Insider, The Washington Post, Yahoo News, The Atlantic, Flipboard, Seattle Times, The Epoch Times, RealClear Politics, The Council on Foreign Relations, and WBUR-FM. Her first book, "The Helpers: Profiles from the Front Lines of the Pandemic," was published in 2022.Glisinan received her B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Columbia University and her M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford University.