Katie completed her Honors Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Western Ontario in 2007, where her honors thesis investigated nest parasitism by cowbirds. She then completed her Masters of Science at the University of Alberta in 2010, where she looked at use of under-road tunnels by an endangered population of salamanders in Waterton Lakes National Park. In 2015, Katie finished her PhD at McGill University, where she looked at the impacts of invasive species on aquatic communities. In 2015, Katie began teaching at another CEGEP while completing a post-doctoral fellowship at UQAM and also course lecturing at McGill University. As of 2018, Katie has been teaching full-time at John Abbott College, where she can commonly be found teaching to core Science Program courses, as well as being one of the coordinators of the Independent Research Project in Science Course.

Katie loves sharing her passion for science and learning beyond the classroom, through her science comedy podcast, Learn Real Good, and by running workshops where she teaches science communication skills to researchers using improv games. Katie is also an avid knitter, bass player, improv comedy performer, and model-builder.