SUCCESS

It was never a plan for Katelin to work in education. She had dreams of being a Marine Biologist, an Actress and a Singer. While those dreams did not pan out, late in college, she found Sociology. After many times changing her major, she decided on Sociology at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts - where she grew up. She loved studying humans and society, although had no idea what to do with the knowledge. As graduation approached, she needed a job and a non public school reached out about an Assistant Teacher position. The school had students that were not able to access the general curriculum content and had significant behavioral concerns in addition to their cognitive and developmental delays. She fell in love with teaching and moved up to a Lead Teacher role.

Over the next few years she had several positions, both traditionally teaching in a classroom setting and in families homes surrounding skill deficits and behavioral challenges. Some of those roles were in Massachusetts and some were in Calofornia. She has moved to San Diego three times since 2014, but is thinking "third time is the charm" and is very happy to begin her time with High Tech High. Now, having recently moved back to California, she is working to obtain her California teaching credential to continue her love of teaching and helping those students who are struggling to work through those challenges and achieve whatever their goals may be.

In her personal life, Katelin says she has only 3 things on her bucket list: "go everywhere, see everything, and meet everyone". That's a tall order but she is excited to keep tackling that list and making the most of every single day, even as cliche as that sounds.  2020 will be a year of travelling and doing more things on that bucket list!