Kathrina is a Certified Entrepreneurship and Business Life Coach, and a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist. She has a diverse career background, having spent the majority of her time in the fields of law, social services and psychology. She is currently providing executive coaching services to senior leaders in a variety of industries, and through KITE, is expanding her practice into the humanitarian and development space.
In 2021, Kathrina was tasked with developing and providing a series of educational presentations and coaching for approximately 700 medical and mental health professionals about the intended concept of diversity, equity and inclusion, and how to use it to improve both organizational performance outcomes, and clinical outcomes in patient care. She is also a State of California Superior Court Certified Expert in cross-cultural applications in both child welfare and criminal cases
In 2011, she began traveling to several countries to provide psychological counseling services, as well as entrepreneurial, career, individual and group coaching to military members and their families. These countries include several months-long stays in England, Germany, and Turkey.
In her doctoral work, Kathrina, working with international cross-cultural scientists and researchers, focused on adapting Western-based psychological theories and test instruments for efficacy of application to American subcultures, and non-European populations. This work culminated in her publication of her dissertation, which adapted a widely-used psychological test instrument among scientific researchers to reduce its bias against former and active Latino gang members.
Having been born in the segregated southeastern United States during a time of intense political struggle and economic uncertainty, Kathrina understands and empathizes with the strength and fortitude required to overcome insecurity and instability in daily life.
Kathrina is based in Spain and has an intermediate knowledge of Spanish, and a basic knowledge of Arabic. She holds an MA in counseling psychology and a PhD in psychology.
