Kat is a North Carolina native. She studied Meteorology and graduated from North Carolina State with B.S. degree in Meteorology. While at NC State, Kat was President of the Broadcast Meteorology Club and worked as a Weather Graphics Producer at WRAL News in Raleigh, NC. While in school, Kat interned at WXII News in her hometown of Winston Salem, and interned for a weather data and corporate forecasting company, WeatherBell Analytics.Kat is an avid Severe Weather and Winter Weather lover and has experinced a few tornadoes throughout her life.