Kate currently teaches, facilitates, and consults with organizations around the country who are focused on creating equitable, liberatory workspaces. Previously, Kate was the National Director of College & Career Success at BUILD.org, an entrepreneurship program for underserved high school students, the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at Brandeis University, and the Associate Director & Manager of Programs at the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers, a nonprofit that promotes racial equity in the American educational sector.

She also teaches at the University of New Hampshire in the Department of Education, where she has taught Teaching Race, which explores the history of race and racism in America, and Issues in Education, which explores curricular policy and challenges in the K-12 education system. She is the co-creator of the Anti-Racist Roadmap and a frequent contributor to NBC Today.

Her doctoral research centers the experiences of underrepresented minoritized students who participate in bridge / access programs as an entry point into higher education, and in particular, at predominantly white institutions. She also investigates white racial identity formation and how racism operates individually, organizationally, and systemically.