Katherine grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. With a $1.55 D.C. Metro pass and a ride down the longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere, she could make her way to all the Smithsonian Museums on the National Mall. She will always love good infrastructure, free time, and free spaces for culture and history.
In 2014, Katherine earned her Ph.D. in American Studies at Harvard University. While studying, she co-created the “Harvard and Slavery” project. Through that work, she learned the importance of speaking unspoken histories without fear and saw the wealth that can be gained by changing who has power and who is heard. In 2018, she came to Mass Humanities, drawn by the opportunity to make it possible for people to find and tell their own stories.
Katherine provides the infrastructure for people to find, tell, and reimagine their stories from her home in Holyoke, Massachusetts. She lives with her dog, Romeo, who puts up with her learning the fiddle.
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