About Kate

Through art, peer facilitation, and volunteering, Kate has committed a lifetime to children, youth and their communities in Venezuela, the US, and Canada. From literacy and mentorship to responding to issues like grief and marginalization, her passion has been for building collective care.

With over 20 years of experience at the highest levels of the animation industry, Kate has worked as a Layout artist at Fox, DreamWorks and Warner Bros., contributing to films such as Anastasia (1997), The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Osmosis Jones (2001) and Curious George (2006).

Upon her return to Canada, Kate taught at her alma mater, Sheridan College. In 2004, she became a founding member of 
House of Cool, a boutique pre-production studio in Toronto, where she shaped her approach to production, training talent, building community, and managing projects at the studio until 2017.
 

Kate earned an Honours BA in Children, Childhood and Youth Studies and an MA in Humanities at York University. As an art therapy advocate, Kate is pursuing post-graduate studies in Art Therapy at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute to conduct practice-based, participatory research with young people and their communities. A multiracial/multistoried woman, she is dedicated to amplifying diverse voices and knowledge keepers in creative arts therapies in Canada. Through her contributions to the Canadian Art Therapy Association’s Envisage column, Rooted Storytellers, she works toward inclusivity and representation in the histories shaping the field of art therapy in Canada.