Photo by Ashley Smith, Wide Eyed Studios
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Kat Echevarría Richter (she/her) is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at Rutgers-Camden. Her writing explores matrescence, Puerto Rican identity, and American historiographies, usually with a side of humor. Her work has been published in Glamour, Apiary, and Skirt! in addition to numerous peer-reviewed journals and edited anthologies.
Kat holds degrees in dance, history, and anthropology. She also studied English Literature at Oxford University, where she spent a year at New College as the recipient of a Caplan Scholarship. Prior to returning to school, her artistic and academic research centered on vernacular dance, and she has taught at universities in both the UK and the US, including Oxford, Roehampton, King’s College London, Temple, and Stockton. In 2011, Kat also founded The Lady Hoofers Tap Ensemble, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to the art of rhythm tap. During her thirteen years as Artistic Director, the organization received support from the Bartol Foundation, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. |