Katie was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and studied public relations at the University of Alabama. Following graduation in 2012, she moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, to participate in the Trinity Fellows program. Her fellows’ year and the subsequent four years she spent in Charlottesville were the most formative of her life so far. She faced unique challenges, grew in her faith, experienced God’s grace in ways she never had before, made lifelong friends, met her husband, and discovered that work could be so much more than just the “daily grind.” In 2017, Katie and her husband, Halston, relocated to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. There they stayed connected to The Fellows Initiative as Halston employed many fellows over the years through his work.

In 2021, Katie and Halston found their way to Birmingham where they have thoroughly enjoyed living closer to family, raising their two young girls, Claire and Chloe, and getting involved with Covenant Presbyterian Church (joined in 2022). Katie had the unique honor of helping start the Iron City Fellows program and thoroughly enjoyed her three years on staff at Covenant Presbyterian. She now spends her days as a stay-at-home mom and enjoys serving on the fellows board.