Katharine holds a Masters degree in Child Development from Tufts University, a Masters of Science in Social Work for the University of Texas in Austin and has completed a post-graduate fellowship from University of Massachusetts Boston in Infant Parent Mental Health.  

Katharine sits on the advisory board for South Bronx Early HeadStart, the policy committee for New York Zero to Three, Youth Advisory Board for Harlem Grown and is involved in the Texas Permanency Outcomes Project.

Katharine currently lives and practices as a Licensed Clinical Therapist in Tennessee.