2024 Award: St. Aloysius Award for Faith and Service
Major: Criminology
Minors: Italian Studies, Religious Studies
Hometown: Gig Harbor, WA
Extracurricular activities: In my free time, I love to paddle board on the Spokane river, go on hikes, explore fun coffee shops and hang out with my cousins.
More about Kate
Future plans:
Next year, I will be serving as a Jesuit Volunteer in Portland, Maine. I will be working with teenagers and adults who have intellectual disabilities and providing weekend programming for them. After that, my hope is to attend law school.
How has your major contributed to your professional or personal development?
My major is criminology and I have minors in religious studies and Italian studies. These involvements have all allowed for me to think critically and evaluate the world around me in a way that I never did when I was in high school. I used each of these educational commitments to inform the way that I pursue the common good in this world. I am excited to take the education that Gonzaga has provided me forward and apply it to my greater community.
What has been your proudest or most significant accomplishment during your Gonzaga career?
What I am most proud of during my time at Gonzaga is not a specific accomplishment or moment, bur rather the way in which I have been able to engage with critical thinking in a way that has felt meaningful and impactful to who I am as a person. These are the ways that I feel the Jesuit tradition has shaped me and changed me and I am very grateful for it.