Was raised in upstate New York. She earned a B.A. in German and History from the State University of New York at Binghamton and went on to receive a M.F.A. in Dance from The Ohio State University. For six years Katie taught in the Dance Program at Ball State University where she was awarded grants from the Indiana Arts Commission and Dance USA to learn the dance technique and repertory of Isadora Duncan. Most recently, she was selected to be an associate artist at The Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida, where she worked with the Parsons Dance Company. Currently she serves on the dance faculty at Ohio Wesleyan University and Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton. Katie joined The Dance Cure in August 2003.