Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead is a Fellow with The Catholic Association and author of the book Infertile but Fruitful: Finding Fulfillment When You Can't Conceive (Sophia Institute Press, 2026). Her work engages questions of popular culture, politics, motherhood, family, and the Church. Her writing has been featured in various media outlets, including The Dispatch, Daily Wire, Catholic News Agency, Angelus, Washington Examiner, The Washington Times, National Catholic Register, National Review, and Newsweek.

 

Prior to the arrival of her four children, she worked on the staffs of the Governor of New Mexico and a United States Senator. She undertook doctoral studies as a John Quasten Fellow in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, and received her Bachelor of Arts from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. She lives with her husband and four sons in Granger, Indiana.