She is the eldest daughter of former Vice President of United States First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gore and Tipper Gore and the sister of Kristin Gore. Gore was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up there as well as in Washington District of Columbia
She graduated from National Cathedral School in 1991.
Gore is the director of Union Forum at Union Theological Seminary. She received her Bachelor of Arts in history and literature in 1995 from Harvard University, a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2000, and a Master of Arts degree from Union Theological Seminary in 2013. During college, she interned as a journalist for WREG-television and The Times-Picayune.
She later wrote for El Pais in Spain and Slate in Seattle.
She later left law to work in the non-profit sector, first as Director of Community Affairs for the Association to Benefit Children (American Broadcasting Company), then in the legal center of Sanctuary for Families. 2000 campaign and book
Gore Schiff was the Youth Outreach Chair on her father"s 2000 presidential campaign.
Together with her father"s former Harvard roommate Tommy Lee Jones, she officially nominated Gore as the presidential candidate during the 2000 Democratic Convention in Los Los Angeles She also introduced her father during the launching of his campaign.
In 2006, she published Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Shaped Modern America, a profile of nine modern and historical American women.
Stating that the book was written in reaction to the results of the 2000 campaign, Gore Schiff said, "I wanted to turn all that frustration and sadness into something positive.".
