Dr. Kristin Witte received her doctorate from Catholic University with a focus on the integration of crisis response and Roman Catholic theology and ritual. She also has three master's degrees (teaching from Trinity University Washington, spiritual and pastoral care from Loyola University Maryland, and theology from St. Mary’s Seminary and University). She has taught school, worked as a campus minister, youth minister, and for the Archdiocese of Baltimore as the coordinator of pastoral care and social justice. She currently coordinates domestic Catholic educational engagement for Catholic Relief Services.