Katrina is a multimedia storyteller and audience engagement producer with a passion for race, immigration and equity reporting. She has a successful track record in producing engaging vertical videos for social media, highly-viewed explainers and resource guides for the web, and in-depth features and investigations.

Her vertical video production, posting and caption-writing has dramatically increased the following and engagement on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok for local news outlet, Borderless Magazine. Additionally, her eye for audience needs has informed the production of explainers that consistently rank first or second in page views for Borderless’ website.

As an immigration beat reporter in Chicago, she broke an investigative story on the inhumane conditions at Chicago’s largest migrant shelter days before a five-year-old boy died there, and continued reporting follow-up stories about the shelter and the staff and city’s mismanagement and negligence that preceded the young boy’s death.

She’s worked for ABC 7 Chicago, In These Times, The Marshall Project and The Yappie, among other newsrooms, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University in December 2023.

Katrina is currently based in Chicago, and in her spare time she likes following esports, watching Twitch streams or trying new food. 🍱