Katherine Grudens

Katherine Grudens graduated as a Marketing and Communications Major in the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. She also has two minors, Writing and Deaf Studies, and has been present on the college’s dean list.

Katherine has interned in the marketing department of a jewelry company in London and has gained real world experience with marketing, advertising, customer service and public relations. She has also competed in the American Advertising Federation’s Creative Crunch competition and has attended the Advertising Women of New York Conference (AWNY) in New York City. Off campus, she was a participant in the Jumpstart program in the Ithaca community and volunteers with the elderly through Ithaca College’s chapter of Project Generations. After graduation in May 2016, she has become a brand ambassador for Sand Cloud, an accessory company that helps marine life, and has gotten writing published both online and in print. You can view her published poems on FeminineCollective.com, in the book "Love Notes From Humanity: The Lust, Love and Loss Collection", in the book "My Body My Words: A Collection of Bodies" or in the July 2017 issue of "Door is a Jar Magazine". Most recently, Katherine has interned in the marketing department of the ELIJA School, an educational center for children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Levittown, NY and is currently looking for a position where she can combine all of her passions in one.