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Katina Booth White is a proud native of Little Rock, AR. Her love and enthusiasm for STEM and youth inspired

her to obtain a degree in Middle Childhood Education, with an emphasis in math and science. Katina

began her career in education as an Integrated Science, Project Lead the Way, and Robotics Instructor.

In this role she successfully led multiple teams to regional and nationals awards in both VEX and BEST

robotics.

Katina was awarded 2018 Sherwood Teacher of the Year and 2020 Forest Heights STEM Academy

Teacher of the Year. Additionally, she was invited to be a keynote speaker for the 2018 March for

Science. She was selected as one oftwenty five educators across the nation as a 2021 Ford Unsung Hero

Award Recipient. Currently, Katina serves as Vice President for the National Technical Association-

Arkansas Chapter and Media Director of National Association for Gescience Teacher Education Devision

and on the DEI Committee forthe National Association for Geoscience Teachers.

In 2021, Katina merged her passion for equity/inclusion and STEM by accepting an offerity from UAMS

Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. UAMS is largest academic health center in the state of

Arkansas. She is the inaugural Curriculum Coordinator for the UAMS Pathways Academy. In this role,

Katina spearheads curriculum design crafted to pique the interest of youth in an effortto one day shiftthe

status quo of today’s health care workforce. She's created several award-winning, nationally recognized,

culturally-relevant STEM programs and opportunities for grades K-undergraduate. Using multiple

pedagogies, she co-creates intentional curricula tailored to impact and enrich historically excluded youth

(minority,rural, low socio-economic, etc.) in underserved areas.

In 2022, she co-authored and published 2 books: STEM Looks Like Me and Dear Sis, I love you.. Anthology

of Black Sisterhood. Katina is the mother of a beautiful, bright, and creative young girl named Jai. She

considers motherhood her favorite way to serve. She continually aims to provide an environment that

affords her daughterthe gift of positive self-efficacy, self-esteem and passion to learn.

It's this grounding that fuels Katina's passion to impact her community and students for the better. She

truly believes that everyone possesses a gift and a light that must be shared with the world for us all to

reach our greatest heights as a society. Her goal is to make sure that all children be given the tools and

provided the opportunity to lettheirlight shine and become unapologetic about who they were created to

be “A Manifestation of Greatness!”