Katrina Linden
Katrina Linden was born and raised in Santa Ana, California. As a first-generation college graduate, she was able to reach her college dreams due to the Nicholas Academic Center in Santa Ana, a non-profit organization focused on providing students from her low-resourced high school with college readiness resources, mentorship, and immense support in reaching and succeeding in college. She credits much of her success to the mentors, many of whom from her majority Latinx community, and her parents who always encouraged her to never stop learning and pursuing happiness.
Katrina currently resides in Sacramento, California.
Katrina received her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, where she double majored in American Studies and Latino Studies. While at Notre Dame she researched issues of immigration, socioeconomic inequity, and education. Katrina worked closely with the Institute for Latino Studies, interned with a local housing and homeless support non-profit in her hometown, and served as an Education Intern with UnidosUS (formerly NCLR).
Alma Mater(s): University of Notre Dame, Class of 2016
Your role in one sentence: I work with local leaders & partners across California to ensure all Californians have equitable access to a higher education via coalition building, community engagement, and policy advocacy.
When I am not at work helping students get to and succeed in college I am… exploring the world with my dog, supporting local businesses, eating my way through Sacramento, cheering for the Sacramento Kings.
If not higher education then what cause? Providing humanitarian aid in the borderlands.
Leadership
Communications Chair, New Leaders Council Sacramento 2023-Present
Mentorship Chair, New Leaders Council Sacramento, 2023
Pipeline Programming Director, FemDems of Sacramento, 2023-2024
Fundraising Director, Fem Dems of Sacramento, 2022 – 2023
Young Alumni Coordinator, Notre Dame Club of Sacramento, 2020 – 2023
SheShares Mentorship Program, Mentee, 2020
LatinaVIDA ¡Rise to the Top! Leadership Program Participant, 2021
Programs & Certificates
Coro Southern California Women in Leadership Fall 2023
Fellow, New Leaders Council Sacramento, 2022
SheShares Mentorship Program, Mentee, 2020
LatinaVIDA ¡Rise to the Top! Leadership Program Participant, 2021