Katie Hurt is an attorney who grew up in the disability community in Washington. From a young age, when her brother was diagnosed with Autism, she honed her advocacy skills on behalf of her brother and their friends from the playground to the classroom to school board meetings and now professionally with WAAA as their Special Education Program Director.
Katie advocates for students with disabilities and their families in Washington State through legislative and judicial advocacy. She earned her Juris Doctor Cum Laude from Seattle University School of Law in 2013 and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of Washington in 2010.
In her spare time, Katie enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter as well as playing board games and competing in trivia competitions.