“Katy is warm, compassionate, hilarious, and dedicated to research. All of this is enough for parents and educators to benefit enormously from her tutelage on early childhood development, but her unique focus on community engagement means that she facilitates not only important conversations, but true child-rearing "villages." So many Winonans, both as individual parents and as communities of families through the years, have benefited from knowing Katy, and I hope that more Minnesotans can enjoy the same opportunity. Her optimism, emotional accessibility, humor, vast knowledge, and common-sense solutions make her an ideal educator and speaker on all things related to small children and families in the community.
—Lynnea Pfohl