Katherine Mercado

Katherine Mercado currently serves as a Project Associate at Third Sector, a position held since April 2024. Prior to this role, Katherine worked as a Project Assistant at the Bipartisan Policy Center from May 2022 to March 2024, where responsibilities included conducting in-depth research on child care policies and regulations. Experience also includes an internship at the National Women's Law Center focused on state child care policy research, and an internship with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement, collaborating with the Posse Foundation on professional development initiatives. Katherine began professional experience as a hostess at Cava Mezze from May 2018 to August 2019. Katherine holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Community and Nonprofit Leadership from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, completed in May 2022.