She earned a BA from Boston University in International Relations and a MAT from Brown University. She spent two incredible years working at Phoenix Charter Academy in Chelsea, MA teaching academically rigorous Humanities to students aged 14-22 with historic academic under-performance. While at Phoenix, Kaitlin also founded a Student Events Committee, an Academic Congress, and began a Mentoring Program for aspiring teachers. Missing the Green Mountains, Kaitlin returned to her home state of Vermont and is currently the Pre-Technical Outreach Instructor at the Barre Technical Center. Her program aims to help students develop their leadership skills while doing their part to develop their community.