Kat teaches the engineering and robotics elective class at Hollenbeck Middle School in the Boyle Heights community of East Los Angeles. As the advisor for the FIRST Robotics Team and the Mesa Engineering Day, Kat has her students collaborate with professionals and high school students in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields to develop projects for their robotics and engineering competitions. She is a Partnership for Los Angeles Schools Pioneer in implementing the new Teacher Growth and Development evaluation cycle. Kat earned her BA in political science and her Masters of Education from the University of California, San Diego. She was named a Los Angeles Unified School District Teacher of The Year for the 2013-2014 school year, and is Nationally Board Certified in early adolescent science.
