Katherine Gigliotti

Originally from southern California, Katherine is a graduate of Boston College where she majored in Political Science and minored in Faith, Peace, and Justice Studies.  She participated in a variety of BC’s volunteer programs, including an immersion trip to the US-Mexico Border.  She interned with immigrants’ rights organizations such as the Migrant Legal Action Project in Washington, D.C. and the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition in Boston, Massachusetts.  Katherine spent a semester in Washington, D.C. where she completed a research project about immigrants and food stamp eligibility.  She expanded on this research in her senior thesis on immigrants and welfare.

Field placement: Hunger Task Force

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Policy placement: National Conference of State Legislatures

Washington, D.C.