Kathryn began training with Melanie Szucs at the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, OH. She spent summers at Cincinnati Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, and ABT, and graduated from Mercyhurst University summa cum laude with a B.A. in Dance Performance and a minor in Biology. She began her professional career as a founding member of Cleveland Ballet and went on to dance for Lake Erie Ballet, then directed by her mentor Lesley Bories-Scalise. She has experience teaching ballet throughout the Cleveland and Erie areas and served as a faculty member at McDowell Intermediate High School’s Creative Performing Arts program in Erie. Kathryn joined Charlottesville Ballet in 2017 as a Trainee and is now in her eighth season with CB as both Company Artist and faculty member at CBA.  Kathryn also helps lead the Movement for Parkinson's program at Charlottesville Ballet and recently completed a master’s degree in Arts in Medicine through the University of Florida.