Kat grew up on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain and had a passion for video and film from an early age. She attended Southeastern Louisiana University where she studied broadcast and digital media and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication.

She has worked in video and editing since 2015, producing content for The Southeastern Channel, WDSU News, and has worked for a production company creating wedding videos and recording live theater. Kat joined Online Optimism in June 2021 as the Multimedia Creative Strategist.

Kat moved to New Orleans in October of 2020 with her husband and two cats. When she’s not working, Kat is usually playing board games and tabletop RPGs, eating too much popcorn at the Broad Theater, or reading a YA fantasy novel.