Cate Edwards is twenty-five years old and shares her parents' commitment to building one America. As a board member of Generation Engage, a new nonpartisan youth voter initiative focused on engaging young people in politics on a regular basis and increasing civic involvement, Cate is active in helping her generation become involved in the political process.

Cate was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on March 4, 1982. She attended public schools and graduated at the top of her high school class in 2000 from Broughton High School in Raleigh. She also volunteered for her dad's Senate campaign in North Carolina in 1998. During her summers in college, she lived in Washington, D.C. with her family and held various internships, including working with Gene Sperling at the Center for Universal Education at the Council on Foreign Relations and at the Advisory Board in the H-Works division.

During her last semester of college, Cate crisscrossed the country, helping her dad campaign for the Democratic nomination for president. She graduated from Princeton University in June 2004 and received a degree in Political Economics. After graduation, when her dad was chosen as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, she campaigned non-stop around the country, traveling primarily to colleges to speak with young voters.

Cate later lived in New York City, working as an editorial assistant for Vanity Fair magazine. She currently attends Harvard Law School.