Kate is a lawyer who has worked at the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials in Cambodia, the NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and at Redfern Legal Centre. She is currently the Director of Programmes at Irish Rule of Law International. Prior to her career in law she worked in a variety of digital strategy and policy roles at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Oxfam Australia. 

She also worked for The Big Issue, coordinating their highly successful Community Street Soccer program across NSW. She has a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the University of Technology Sydney, and a Bachelor of Arts: media and communications from the University of Sydney.