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Kat wrote and co-produced an ETV video series designed to teach 3rd grade S.C history in an entertaining way for students.The series has been popular with teachers and students, and it won “most watched episode” in 2011 for Episode 5.She is a certified general music teacher, which she taught for 5 years in the Lexington Two school district. After becoming a mother, she taught “creative arts” in an after-school program during her son’s infancy and toddler years.She, then, was hired by Richland School District One, [Columbia, SC] to teach drama at Brennen Elementary School, where she taught for 17 years.During her tenure at Brennen Elementary, she wrote multiple plays based on ELA and history topics.One of her plays on S.C. history later became the series DETECTIVE BONZ AND THE S.C. HISTORY MYSTERY (Episodes 1-6), produced by SCETV. She began teaching in 1982, retired formally in 2013, but continues to work for SCETV, designing arts lesson for their new website for teachers, LEARNING WHY.org , and occasionally teaches as a substitute in local elementary schools.She does this because she enjoys being with young children, and it also it helps her stay current with how children think and learn.