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A celebrated humanitarian and inspiring global changemaker, Katie has traveled the world to find where she can make a difference. 创办两个获奖慈善机构, she’s devoted her life to the pursuit of serving others as the highest form of love.
- 主要 大众传播文学士
- 工作经历 创始人 & Executive Director for Global Orphan Prevention 创始人 & Executive Director for 罗盘玫瑰国际
- 家乡 芝加哥,
- 你如何描述CMU? Intimate, Adventurous, Accessible, Experiential
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Katie has spent her life bravely journeying where she is needed. She’s ventured to remote villages in the Himalayas and gone undercover to investigate the trafficking of missing girls. 她在印度的孤儿院做志愿者, constructed a school building and farming enterprise in Nepal and taught schoolchildren in Vietnam. And she’s turned a life-long calling to help others into two thriving charities.
这一切都始于CMU, where Katie transferred to take advantage of the small class sizes and tight-knit community that the larger university she first attended couldn't offer. She was immediately drawn to the breathtaking nature that surrounded Grand Junction, and recalls that it was actually CMU’s 室外项目 that not only satisfied her wanderlust, but provided her first volunteer opportunity during a five-week trip to East Africa. 凯蒂描述了这次旅行, which included working at a preschool for orphans, 作为一个背包客的混合体, soul searching and adventure — ultimately serving as the catalyst for her non-profit work.
CMU教会了我什么
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The greatest lessons often aren’t taught in a classroom
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How to apply knowledge in real-world settings
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Education is an empowering humanitarian tool
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An enterprising mindset is a valuable asset
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留下她的印记
That trip firmly set Katie’s humanitarian journey in motion. 从那里, Katie’s life became a whirlwind of volunteer experiences, from wildlife refuges to orphanages and everything in between. She became eager to find a cause where she could make a lasting, measurable impact. So, off she went again — this time to India and Nepal, where she identified a need to not only help orphans and trafficked persons, but put the root systems in place to prevent issues in the future.
Through inspiring tales of helping mothers in Nepal invest in social enterprises so they could afford to keep their children, and constructing an education center in the Himalayas to decrease the need for trafficking, Katie detailed the journey to creating her first 慈善机构: Global Orphan Prevention. With a mission to prevent the trafficking of children through economic development, 赋权和教育, Katie’s work with Global Orphan Prevention won national media attention and recognition at The Anthem Awards, 和珍·古道尔一样备受尊敬, 特雷弗·诺亚和理查德·布兰森.
但凯蒂并没有就此止步. 她后来又创立了另一家非营利组织, 罗盘玫瑰国际, dedicated to empowering young women to become purpose-driven leaders. 现在, 担任两个慈善机构的执行董事, Katie does everything from fundraising and grant writing to traveling and keynote speaking. 身兼数职, she was grateful CMU gave her real-world experience in political science, 电视制作, 市场营销及公共关系. 通过它, she is creating a lasting legacy that will empower and uplift global communities for generations to come.
文章发表于2023年1月
