Kat joined IYF in 2013 with 6 years of experience in education and research. She most recently served as Program Coordinator for Outreach to a Congressionally-mandated scholarship program for naturalized US citizens. Previously, she contributed to the development of a biliteracy curriculum for use in Ghanaian primary schools, supported professional development for teachers, and conducted research on vocabulary acquisition and use of technology with English language learners in the US, among other projects. Kat speaks French and some Arabic, and prior to moving to the Baltimore-Washington area, she taught primary-level English and worked with American college students in France, and also lived in Morocco for a short time. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College in 2007.