Kathryn Ross

Kathryn was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and emigrated to the United States after living with her family and attending convent school in San Jose, Costa Rica for a year. After arriving in the U.S., she grew up in Massachusetts, New York, and Florida. She attended Dartmouth College, in Hanover, NH, where she received her BA in English and dabbled in visual art and costume design and construction.

After completing her undergraduate education, Kathryn worked as an administrative assistant for the department of Studio Art and Studio Art Exhibitions at Dartmouth and then completed a year of national service as an AmeriCorps member. While in AmeriCorps, Kathryn worked with children and families at a Section 8 Very-Low-Income designated housing development in White River Junction, VT. After her national service was complete, she moved with her husband and child (with another on the way) to Woodland Park, Colorado – her husband’s hometown.

Kathryn began her career as a professional educator in Woodland Park, where she taught English, Theatre, Geography, and Yearbook. She is a Colorado licensed professional educator in Secondary English Language Arts.

For the last decade-and-a-half, Kathryn has lived with her family in Boulder, where she received her MFA in Theatre: Contemporary Performance from Naropa University. While at Naropa, she focused on contemplative dance and writing for the stage. Among the many blessings of her Naropa education were the opportunity to study with Barbara Dilley and to become a member of her Desolate Delight dance ensemble. She also had the privilege of completing a year-long independent study in Moment Work and writing for the stage with Leigh Fondakowski of the Tectonic Theatre Project.

Prior to coming to CU Boulder to serve as Graduate Program Coordinator for Theatre and Dance, Kathryn was on staff at Naropa University in the Department of Wisdom Traditions and served as program coordinator for the Naropa Center for Psychedelic Studies.