The Editorial Team

Ten people. One obsession: cats.

Meet the editors, writers, and specialists behind every guide, review, and recommendation on Meowive. Real cat people with real cats and real opinions about litter.

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Editorial Leadership

The people setting the direction.

Our leadership team oversees editorial standards, category strategy, and the publishing process across the entire site.

Patrick Smith, CEO and Founder of Meowive
Patrick Smith
CEO & Founder

Patrick founded Meowive to build the kind of cat publication he could never find online — one written by real cat people for real cat people. He leads business operations and keeps the editorial team focused on one rule: useful first, everything else second.

Based in: Brooklyn, NY · Lives with: 2 cats — Theo & Juno
Strategy Operations Cat dad of 9 years
Editorial vision★★★★★
Cat ownership★★★★
Sarah Mitchell, Editor-in-Chief at Meowive
Sarah Mitchell
Editor-in-Chief

Sarah runs the newsroom. With over a decade in lifestyle journalism and 15+ years owning cats, she sets the editorial calendar, signs off on every guide, and is the reason every article on Meowive sounds like a person and not a robot. Her cat Luna, an orange tabby, supervises.

Experience: 12+ yrs editorial · Lives with: Luna & Pepper
Editorial Long-form Lifestyle
Editing & voice★★★★★
Cat behavior knowledge★★★★
Daniel Reeves, Veterinary Advisor at Meowive
Daniel Reeves
Veterinary Advisor & Fact-Checker

Daniel is the medical conscience of Meowive. With a background in animal health sciences and years working in feline-focused care environments, he reviews every health, nutrition, and symptom-related article on the site before it publishes — and decides when we tell readers to call their vet.

Focus: Feline health, nutrition science · Lives with: Bandit, a Maine Coon
Health review Fact-checking Sourcing
Veterinary knowledge★★★★★
Editorial review★★★★★
Subject Editors & Specialists

The specialists writing your favorite guides.

Each editor below leads one of our coverage areas. They write, test, review, and are the named byline you see on the articles in their category.

Rachel Torres, Senior Behavior Editor at Meowive
Rachel Torres
Senior Behavior Editor

Rachel leads the Behavior & Training category. She has studied feline behavior for over a decade and lives with three rescue cats who, between them, exhibit every behavioral quirk she writes about.

Lives with: Mochi, Bowie & Pearl
BehaviorTrainingMulti-cat
Behavior expertise★★★★★
Writing★★★★
Emily Nguyen, Nutrition & Health Writer at Meowive
Emily Nguyen
Nutrition & Health Writer

Emily covers the Nutrition & Feeding category. Her background in animal sciences gives her the patience to read every ingredient label and the writing skill to explain what actually matters about cat food.

Lives with: Tofu & Miso, both Russian Blues
NutritionFeedingLabels
Nutrition knowledge★★★★★
Research depth★★★★★
Jessica Harmon, Product Reviews Editor at Meowive
Jessica Harmon
Product Reviews Editor

Jessica leads Products & Buying Guides. She has been testing cat products in real homes for ten years, lives with four cats of widely different temperaments, and is the reason our reviews include the line "we wouldn't buy this again."

Lives with: 4 cats of mixed breeds
ReviewsTestingGear
Product testing★★★★★
Honesty★★★★★
Olivia Chen, Lifestyle & Home Editor at Meowive
Olivia Chen
Lifestyle & Home Editor

Olivia leads Lifestyle & Home. With a background in interior design, she specializes in apartment living, cat-friendly home design, and the question of how to integrate a litter box into a small space without surrendering your style.

Lives with: Jin, a Siamese, in a 600 sqft apartment
LifestyleApartmentsHome design
Design sensibility★★★★★
Small-space expertise★★★★★
Amanda Brooks, Adoption & Rescue Contributor at Meowive
Amanda Brooks
Adoption & Rescue Contributor

Amanda leads Adoption & Beginner Guides. She has fostered more than 30 cats over eight years through her local shelter network and writes from the trenches — what new owners actually need on day one, week one, and month one.

Lives with: 5 cats, all former rescues
AdoptionFosteringNew owners
Rescue experience★★★★★
Beginner empathy★★★★★
Lauren Price, Senior Content Writer at Meowive
Lauren Price
Senior Content Writer

Lauren is the senior staff writer behind many of our long-form guides. With twelve years in journalism and a 17-year-old cat named Marshmallow as her co-pilot, she specializes in deep, calm, well-researched explainers.

Lives with: Marshmallow, a senior cat
Long-formSenior catsResearch
Long-form writing★★★★★
Senior cat expertise★★★★★
Maya Rodriguez, Social Media & Reels Manager at Meowive
Maya Rodriguez
Social Media & Reels Manager

Maya runs Meowive across Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and Facebook. She turns our long-form guides into the short, useful clips you actually share with your group chat — and replies to comments like she means it.

Lives with: Salsa & Queso
SocialReelsCommunity
Social strategy★★★★★
Community management★★★★
How We Publish

From first draft to your screen — the editorial process.

Every article on Meowive moves through four stages before publishing. This is what protects you from the AI-flavored, copy-pasted cat content that fills the rest of the internet.

01

Brief & assign

The editor-in-chief assigns each topic to the specialist who actually has experience with it — never to whoever has time.

02

Draft & test

Writers draft from lived experience and, where applicable, test the product, technique, or routine themselves before publishing.

03

Review & fact-check

Health, nutrition, and behavior pieces are reviewed by our veterinary advisor. Product claims are double-checked.

04

Edit & publish

The editor-in-chief reads it aloud. If it sounds like a robot wrote it, it goes back. Then — and only then — we publish.

Work With Us

Want to write for Meowive?

We're always looking for cat behaviorists, foster volunteers, and long-time cat owners with a clear voice and a specific point of view. If that sounds like you, get in touch.

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