Katie is a Research Assistant at UWCLA and helped to research and write State of Play: Seattle-King County, a landscape analysis of youth physical activity, organized sport, and outdoor recreation in King County.

Katie was a competitive swimmer at the University of San Diego, where she majored in Communications. Following that, she worked in public relations in New York City for four years. She is now pursuing her Master's degree in Public Administration at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Policy and Governance.