Kate began her doctoral studies in Religion and Education at Boston College’s CSTM in the fall of 2025, focusing on spiritual formation and conflict transformation. After studying Music and Drama as an undergrad at UNC-Chapel Hill and pursuing performance in NYC, Kate attended Yale Divinity School, earning an M.Div. and S.T.M. Her master’s thesis focused on improv and sketch comedy as tools for authentic community-building in worship. Kate also trained in multi-faith college chaplaincy with Yale University Chaplain Emerita Sharon Kugler. She then served from 2013 to 2015 as the Director of Campus Ministry at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, CT. From 2015 to 2019, Kate taught World Religions, Philosophy & Ethics, and led the Upper School Campus Ministry program at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, an all-girls’ school in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. She completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Kripalu in 2015 and 40-hour Basic Mediation Training with the New York Peace Institute in 2017. Kate also undertook a Chaplain Residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital from 2019 to 2020, completing her hospital chaplaincy training in the height of the pandemic. Between 2019 and 2025, Kate served first in New York City and then in Boston as Cohort Coordinator for Contemplative Leaders in Action, a young adult formation program in Ignatian spirituality and leadership; in 2021-2023, she launched and led CLA’s Virtual cohort. Kate is also an experienced retreat leader and VoiceOver talent, providing narration for the Office of Ignatian Spirituality’s Advent and Lenten Reflection Series. Since she relocated in 2022 to the Greater Boston Area with her spouse and young child, Kate has served as the Pastor of the Mennonite Congregation of Boston and, in 2023, began volunteering as the Mennonite / Anabaptist Chaplain at Harvard University. When she is not busy with ministry and studies, Kate enjoys visiting National Parks, exploring Cape Cod's tidal flats and seashores, and serving as disc jockey to a musically eclectic preschooler.