Kathryn Bertine

Kathryn Bertine is an author, athlete, activist and documentary filmmaker. As a professional cyclist, she raced five years on the pro circuit for UCI World Tour teams. Off the bike, Bertine was a columnist and senior editor for ESPN. She is the author of four nonfiction books; All the Sundays Yet to Come, As Good As Gold, The Road Less Taken and STAND: A memoir on activism. A manual for progress which was nominated as a Finalist for Best Memoir and Best Social Change by Indie Book Awards in 2021. As an advocate for equality in women’s sports, Bertine and her activism team, Le Tour Entier, succeeded in petitioning the Tour de France for women’s inclusion and constructing La Course by Tour de France in 2014. Her award-winning documentary film, HALF THE ROAD: The passion, pitfalls and power of women’s professional cycling debuted in 2014 and is still screened worldwide today. In 2017, she founded and now serves as CEO for Homestretch Foundation, a nonprofit which provides free housing to female professional athletes struggling with the gender pay gap, (and fights to change the system). Bertine holds a BA from Colgate University and an MFA from the University of Arizona. A native of Bronxville, NY she lives in Tucson, AZ. You can follow her on Twitter & Facebook at @kathrynbertine @halftheroad @HomestretchFdn, Insta @kathryn_bertine and www.kathrynbertine.com www.homestretchfoundation.org