KATE WARREN is an accredited gap year counselor and the Director of Research at the Center for Interim Programs. To date, she remains the only full-time independent gap year program researcher and counselor in the US.

She has engaged in numerous program site visits to learn, first-hand, what Interim students encounter during a gap year. Internationally, Kate has seen outdoor education programs in Ireland, witnessed a range of options in Israel from dance centers to eco-villages, experienced a wildlife conservation program in Canada and traveled throughout Turkey. In the US, she has visited room-and-board political internships as well as experimental communities focused on alternative methods of urban development. She spent a day as a blacksmith student and observed students attending a gunsmith course. Kate's colleagues refer to her as a "super sleuth" in recognition of her steadfast quest to locate new gap year opportunities worldwide; her due diligence on programs is unparalleled.

With background training in sociology at the College of New Jersey, she matches students' interests with vetted and appropriate programs as they embark on their journeys of exploration and personal growth.