Katie Wang, MPA

Katie rejoined the Texas Impact staff in 2023 as Community Mobilization Manager in Greater Houston after a stint as an Associate Policy Analyst at Texas Impact in 2015-2016. Katie mobilizes and equips communities of faith in the Greater Houston region to engage with critical state-level policy issues, helping to build knowledge and advocacy skills through policy-focused programming. Prior to her role at Texas Impact, Katie was the Associate Director of Community Engagement at Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research where she managed community engagement efforts through a partnership-based experiential learning program, a public-facing neighborhood-level data program, and other special projects. 

Katie earned Bachelors of Arts in Latin American Studies and Plan II Honors from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Public Affairs from the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. In her free time, Katie co-chairs the young professionals organization at Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston and serves on the board of Culture of Health – Advancing Together (CHAT), a nonprofit organization serving refugee and immigrant communities in Houston’s Gulfton neighborhood. You might also find her getting her hands dirty in her community garden plot, painting, riding her bike along the bayous, and enjoying Houston’s global food scene.