Kate Kreider, M.S.W. '18, LICSW

Kate Kreider is a proud alum of Smith College School for Social Work, earning her degree in 2018. She currently works as a pediatric palliative care social worker at Baystate Health and has over 14 years of experience working with children and families. She became certified as a Dialectical Behavior Therapist in 2019 and is passionate about weaving DBT skills into supporting patients and parents navigating life-limiting illnesses. In this work, she serves on the Scholar Provided Respite In-home Novel Training (SPRINT) Advisory Board committed to providing nursing students with homebound pediatric patient care training. Kreider is also the vice president of Sparkle House, a nonprofit organization focused on bringing a children's respite and palliative care house to Western Massachusetts. Sparkle House is a part of the Children Respite Homes of America initiative. In her free time, Kreider owns and operates Rumspringa Books in downtown Springfield, where she sells an array of grief and loss titles.