Hi! I’m Kat, a multimedia journalist with a passion for participatory storytelling rooted in community and place. I create stories, tools and experiences that help people more deeply connect and engage with the places they live and with each other — and in a way that invites them to shape the final product’s direction, content and presentation. Much of my work focuses on the intersection of race, equity and local history.

I was previously the digital and engagement producer for WBEZ’s Curious City, where I helped answer people’s questions about Chicago and the region. I also led community engagement strategy for WBEZ’s newsroom to expand the reach, relevance, and impact of our journalism to racial communities historically underserved by the station.

Most recently, I produced "Uprooted" and "Reckoning," two interactive web experiences about Japanese American World War II incarceration and resettlement to Chicago and the Chicago Japanese American community’s role in the movement for redress and reparations.