Bio Katherine grew up in Clearwater, Florida and graduated from Palm Harbor University High Schoolﾒs International Baccalaureate program. She earned her bachelor of science in economics at Duke University and attended law school at the University of Virginia School of Law. While in law school, she interned in the appellate division at the United States Attorneyﾒs Office. Immediately following law school, she joined a regional law firm in Tampa where she practiced for five years before going back to school to earn her Masters of Laws in Taxation from the University of Florida.