Katie St. Germain earned a bachelor’s degree in religion and psychology from the University of Virginia. During college, she was a youth intern at Trinity United Methodist Church in Richmond, VA, where she served on several mission projects in Richmond and across the country. Her mission experiences exposed her to the injustices of inadequate healthcare and fueled her passion for public health. She later pursued a master’s degree in nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University. Katie now lives in Shelby, NC, and works as a family nurse practitioner.