Katie is an epidemiologist and doctoral student in population health sciences at Northeastern University. She is an avid advocate for harm reduction and health policy through her research and advocacy work over the past 8 years. She lived in a minivan after completing her MPH for 5 months. She traveled to 34 national parks across the U.S. and 12 in Canada. She is an avid hiker, skier, surfer, and disc golfer.