Katie is originally from Boston, Massachusetts and holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. She learned through her involvement in the Student Government Association, Peer Advising program, Student Activities Council and more that she enjoyed working with students in college instead of being in a lab and made the career move to go into student affairs.
Katie earned her Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration (Student Affairs) from the University at Buffalo, where she worked within Campus Living doing marketing and assessment, organization advising, and working with the leadership team on major projects. She was able to work across the campus in new student programs and closely with student activities to help make experiences for the students that would continue to shape their college experience.
Because since she can’t stay out of a classroom for long, in 2017 Katie started and completed a graduate certificate in Campus Crisis Management from Colorado State University, gaining knowledge on how to manage human, campus, and global crises from a large to personal scale; a skill that can translate over to almost every experience with students.