Katie

High School Senior

Katie is a high school senior in Virginia and a passionate youth advocate for online safety and mental health awareness. Motivated by her own experiences, she works to raise awareness of the harms young people face online and the need for systemic change. Katie has collaborated with organizations including Fairplay, the Eating Disorders Coalition, and the Heat Initiative, and has shared her story with the Archewell Foundation. She was a panelist at the Project Healthy Minds conference and is a graduate of #HalfTheStory’s Digital Civics Academy, where she now serves on the Teen Advisory Board. Katie has also served on Virginia’s Reclaiming Childhood Task Force. In her free time, she enjoys yoga, playing travel soccer, and spending time at the beach with family and friends.