About Me:
Since joining Libraries Without Borders in 2016, Kat (she/her) has created pop-up libraries and makerspaces in Detroit, the Bronx, Washington, D.C., Coaque (Ecuador) and most recently, Puerto Rico. Prior to joining Libraries Without Borders, she worked on human rights, immigration and education policy at Humanity in Action, the White House Domestic Policy Council, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the National Head Start Association. Kat is a proud Cal alum and a recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which funded her studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. She also holds a law degree from the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University, where she studied as a George Mitchell Scholar. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.