Katie Pratt is a student/program assistant at the Language Program Office (LPO) specializing in MEDLI (Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Language Institute), NORDsummer: The Scandinavian Summer Language Institute (NORD), SASLI (South Asian Summer Language Institute), and Summer Intensive Portuguese Institute (SIPI). She is an undergraduate student majoring in International Studies with an emphasis on global security, as well as majoring in Dance. Along with working at the LPO, Katie is the cohort representative for the 2026 Dance Department graduating class, volunteers as a Peer Mentor for the Dance Department, and teaches ballet at Storybook Ballet. She is also proficient in Spanish and hopes to become fluent at the end of her four years at UW-Madison. After graduating college, she hopes to pursue work with refugees and global policy, and dance in a contemporary dance company. Outside of the university, Katie enjoys spending time outside by the lakes, discovering new places to eat, and travelling to her hometown in Houston, Texas.