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Kathryn Casey

Biography

Kathryn Casey takes on projects she believes in, even when others have failed. She interns for a group whose goals she applauds, even when she cannot afford it financially. She usually succeeds. She also lives the lessons she learned from her twin brother, who died of a heart attack in 2002. "Tim lived his life fearlessly. The most important thing his loss has taught me is to attack life as fully and wholly as possible."

This combination of confidence and fearlessness enabled her to succeed in shaping a high school volunteer program for Catholic Health Services into her first job after college. She signed on as an intern at the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding because she believed in their mission and showed such strong organizational talent that the center created a full-time job for her.

Kathryn laid groundwork for her interest in human rights, peace and conflict issues while at Holy Cross, where she graduated magna cum laude in 2003. She spent a year abroad at University College Cork in Ireland, interning at a famine center. She helped lead college service projects in Appalachia. And through a college sponsored immersion program in Mexico she learned about "the negative effects of Latin machismo on the culture and the lack of opportunities for women." Recently, she met an Afghan woman who is leading efforts to broaden educational and job options for women there. That is her goal, too: "To act for a more just, egalitarian society, where women have freedom, respect, and opportunity."

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