About

Katie is a writer, artist, and educator. She currently resides in Buffalo, New York (after long stops in Atlanta, Rochester, Guayaquil, Portland, and Seattle) and teaches visual arts in the Buffalo Public Schools. Her writing can be found in Terrain, Permafrost Magazine and elsewhere.

She has also spent a good deal of time working as a waitress, a web developer, an office clerk, an after-school program coordinator, a yoga teacher, and a barista. Sharing her love for things by teaching them to others is her favorite way to work.

Education

Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, 2023

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Master of Science for Teachers, 2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration, 2006