Katie is a Traditional Health Worker Doula, doula trainer and mentor based in Klamath Falls, Oregon. She trained as a doula at the Florida School of Traditional Midwifery and has served families in Oregon for the past decade. Katie’s experiences in giving birth to three children in and out of hospital and serving birthing people as their doula led her to study birth and birthwork in more depth. She studied medical anthropology and the sociology of healthcare at Southern Oregon University, receiving a BS in sociology and anthropology in 2022. Katie then went on to graduate school at Oregon State University, focusing on rural sociology, applied medical anthropology and teaching. She received her MS in applied anthropology in 2025 with a minor in interdisciplinary studies and a certificate in college and university teaching. 

Katie has taught in different settings to all kinds of students over the past fifteen years. She trained with Deva Parnell at Discovery Yoga, receiving her 200-hour certification in 2011. She currently teaches restorative and prenatal yoga at Bliss Yoga and Wellness in Klamath. Katie was a teaching assistant at OSU for six terms and is now an adjunct faculty at Oregon Institute of Technology, where she teaches medical anthropology and various sociology courses. 

All of these experiences contributed to her three research studies, Listening to Doulas in Oregon, which explore the experiences and needs of the doula workforce. As a co-founder, instructor and Program Director for DTC, developing comprehensive curricula and providing individualized mentorship for doula students is Katie’s passion. She believes that birthwork is an essential part of reproductive justice in the US and that all birthing people should have access to safe, equitable perinatal care.

In her spare time, Katie loves to spend time with her husband and three children. She enjoys spending time in nature, foraging, gardening, making art/creative activities, as well as being an avid reader and writer.