Judith Schuler attended the University of Arizona, where she earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in consumer economics. Following her education, she took a position as a consumer-education instructor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. From there, she was hired as a lecturer and curriculum developer at the Pima Community College Skill Center, in Tucson, Arizona, where she worked for two years. From that position, Schuler was hired as an editor at HPBooks; she worked as a general editor and an acquisitions editor. She was employed by HPBooks for five years, until the company was sold and moved out of state.
Schuler then began working as a freelance editor for FisherBooks, in Tucson. In 1988, she was asked to write a pregnancy book with one of the women’s health authors she had previously worked with, Glade B. Curtis, M.D. Their first book, Your Pregnancy Week by Week, was published in fall 1989. Since that time, Dr. Curtis and Schuler have written 20 titles on pregnancy, after pregnancy, and baby’s first year. Their titles are available for sale in more than 25 languages worldwide; their books have sold more than five million copies.
Schuler appeared monthly on various television programs providing pregnancy information from 2007 through 2020. At present, in addition to keeping their books current and freelance editing, she hosts a podcast on pregnancy, after pregnancy, and baby’s first year.