Kate Cuddy is from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and her two children. She is the choir director and vocal arranger for the Benilde-St. Margaret's High School Choir featured on the recordings in the Give Your Gifts series.

A professional studio singer for over fifteen years, she is active in liturgical music as a singer, instrumentalist, and arranger. Kate has sung at various conventions, conferences, concerts, and workshops in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and throughout the United States including Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Hilo, Hawaii. Kate can be heard as a group singer and soloist on various recordings of David Haas, Jeanne Cotter, Marty Haugen, Michael Joncas, Scott Soper, Francis O'Brien, and Michel Guimont. She co-produced the collection Who Calls You by Name, Volume II (GIA) with David Haas, and one of her original compositions is featured on David's collection Table Songs (GIA).