Katie Ramirez graduated from the University of Mary Washington in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Historic Preservation and Art History. During her studies, Katie held various internships in collections management, curatorial, archaeology, museum education, and conservation. After graduation, she continued working in the cultural heritage field, furthering her conservation skills. Katie has interned at the McKay-Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Department of Historic Resources in Richmond, Toledo Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and New York Historical Society. Throughout her internships, she assisted with condition and treatment reports, technical imaging, collections care, environmental monitoring, administration work, and more. Before admittance into the MAC program, Katie worked for a private client to inventory a massive art collection through cataloging, photo documentation, and storage solutions.