Katelin joined Democracy North Carolina in 2024 as Policy Director. She is dedicated to fighting for accountable, transparent, and participatory multiracial democracy. Katelin has extensive voting rights litigation experience, from challenging racially discriminatory voter ID law in North Carolina to fighting for fair maps in Florida and Texas. She has also represented candidates in election-related state and local administrative hearings.

Outside her work in voting rights, Katelin has experience in criminal appellate advocacy, driver’s license restoration and expunction, consumer protections, estate planning, and farm workers’ rights. She is licensed to practice law in North Carolina. Katelin graduated with honors from North Carolina Central University School of Law, and was the recipient of the Floyd B. McKissick Award for Leadership and Scholarship and the Pro Bono Service Impact Award.