In high school Katie found out she was destined to be an accountant after a 70-year-old nun gave her the only "C" she'd ever received. The leaves in her still life art drawing did not have "enough personality." Katie graduated from Marquette University with a BS in Accounting in 2000, and has worked in the public accounting sector as well as in international accounting, financial planning and analysis. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two daughters.