Katelyn completed a BSc in Integrated Sciences at UBC. As an undergrad, she was involved in research on harbour seal sensory systems and zebra finch social behaviour at the University of Rostock and McGill University. For her MSc, she focused on androgen receptors in the mesocorticolimbic system and how these change with aging. Then, she completed the MSc Biotechnology program at the University of Toronto-Mississauga.
Katelyn is currently employed in the biotech sector as a Medical Writer.