Katherine grew up in Marietta, Georgia. She received her bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the University of Georgia and two master’s degrees in Public Health and Social Work, with a focus in Global Health from Washington University in St. Louis. Throughout graduate school, Katherine worked as a research assistant to a cancer epidemiologist, contributing to the creation and management of an international web-based rare disease registry. She also worked with World Vision’s Health & HIV team in Washington, D.C., and the Himalayan Family Healthcare Project in St. Louis, Missouri. She also collaborated with a network of churches and professionals to design an evaluation platform for a school feeding program in Congo and traveled to Kinshasa to implement the assessment. Katherine has finished four half-marathons, loves early mornings (with coffee), and always enjoys being outdoors.