As Senior Director, Content Strategy, Karina produces a wide variety of content to advance Catalyst’s research and expertise. She writes blog posts, monthly newsletters, commentary, and other content both for Catalyst’s website and external platforms. She also works to ensure that all Catalyst content maintains brand identity and editorial consistency.

Prior to joining Catalyst, Karina was a communications manager at the Vera Institute of Justice. She wrote blog posts, long-form special reports, and op-eds that helped to increase traffic to Vera’s website, recognition of Vera’s on-staff experts, and support for Vera’s mission. In this role she also managed the website, blog, and social media accounts for the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge.

Karina is a 2015 graduate of NYU Wagner’s Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service (FELPS). FELPS is a rigorous leadership program for recent graduates working in public service. She holds BAs in Journalism and Anthropology from the University of Iowa.