Originally from sunny California, Katie has been working for The Sixteen since April 2020. She has led a varied musical career: starting as a classroom music teacher, she went on to earn a PhD in music history from Royal Holloway, University of London, specialising in late Elizabethan and early Stuart recreational song. Alongside her academic work, she has held various roles in music administration, most recently as the Tours, Concerts, and Recordings Manager for the Choir of New College Oxford and as an Education Outreach Consultant for Stile Antico.