Katrina Khanta, Dual B.A. (2017) in Global & International Studies and East Asian Languages & Culture: Chinese
Katrina won a $5000 Scholarship from the Freeman Foundation to intern abroad at a non-profit organization in Thailand to support marginalized societies in combination to combating human trafficking. Her knowledge of both Thai & Chinese were critical in communicating effectively and providing aid to a wider population.
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Katrina Khanta found immense value in studying Chinese during her undergraduate studies at KU. By the end of her freshman year, Katrina was chosen for an intensive, immersion Chinese summer language program, hosted by Stanford & Peking University. Additionally, Katrina won a $5000 Scholarship from the Freeman Foundation to intern abroad at a non-profit organization in Thailand to support marginalized societies in combination to combating human trafficking. Her knowledge of both Thai & Chinese were critical in communicating effectively and providing aid to a wider population. Katrina’s senior capstone incorporated elements from both her EALC & GIST studies in her research on the ties between sex trafficking and the tourism industry in Southeast Asia.
After graduating from KU, she began working as grant writer for a non-profit organization in Washington, D.C., focusing on human trafficking prevention. Katrina later transitioned into the field of information security and will soon graduate with her Master of Science in both Cybersecurity & Information Technology. Katrina’s successful STEM career as a Cyber Incident Response Analyst can not only be credited to her own ambition and dedication, but to the amazing and supportive faculty who are passionate in their endeavors to broaden students’ horizons to the world around them.