cat garcia is a chicago-based freelance journalist focusing on political extremism and disinformation as well as current events, popular culture and the ways in which these topics intersect to create the world we live in.
cat spent the first 10-years of her journalism career in sports writing, covering MLB with a focus on data analytics and human interest stories. she has interviewed everyone from baseball legend Bob Uecker to musician Jack White and held press credentials for several MLB teams, including the Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs and more.
cat's work has been featured both online and in print at The Athletic, MLB.com, Chicago Sun-Times, Fangraphs, Baseball Prospectus, FanSided, WLS-AM, The Rock-River Times, Yahoo! Sports and more. 
she has been a guest on 670AM The Score Chicago, WBEZ Chicago, Sports Talk Live!, Sports Feed and has been a featured speaker at several Pitch Talks seminars in Chicago. in 2017, she contributed to the Texas Rangers chapter of the Baseball Prospectus Annual.
before leaving in 2018 to pursue a full-time journalism career, cat spent four years as a security detail at wrigley field for many high profile guests, players, and talent during the cubs' historic world series run.
cat has previously worked in austin, dallas, milwaukee and los angeles.
you can reach cat via email here
