Kat grew up in the Finger Lakes bioregion of "New York", occupied Haudenosaunee Confederacy territories, Cayuga Nation. Kat is a co-founder of the Finger Lakes Action Network, a board member for the Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, a co-founder of the Wildseeds Collective for independent media, a member of the Earth First! Journal Collective and has been an organizer and spokesperson with the Tar Sands Blockade. Kat works with student and community groups across the country providing workshops, trainings, and lectures on topics such as environmental racism and the intersectionalities of systems of oppression.