Hampson joined The Globe and Mail as a permanent columnist and has been publishing multiple columns since then, including Generation Ex.
[2] Her family frequently relocating during her childhood, living in Switzerland[3][4] as well as in Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
[2] In Hampson's memoir Happily Ever After Marriage: There's Nothing Like Divorce to Clear the Mind, she writes that she was close to her paternal and maternal grandmothers during her childhood and adult life.
"[2] Hampson attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States, graduating in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature.
[2] She has done interviews with high-profile individuals, some being Isiah Thomas, NBA basketball player[10] and Emanuel Sandhu, So You Think You Can Dance contestant.