Meet Katherine

A mom of two children in Sequoyah Hills Elementary and a mentor to young girls in the community, Katherine Bike is a community advocate enthusiastic about building a better KCS that ensures equitable and rigorous educational opportunities for every child.

When her two children started kindergarten, Katherine began looking deeper into KCS and neighborhood schools after discovering firsthand the drastic inequalities in special education resources among our public schools.

Katherine began speaking up ​​because of those inequities, advocating for expanded special education programs, adequate investments in every student’s future, and defending public schools from the growing threat of privatization – and Katherine hopes to bring that fight to the Board of Education in her service for District 4.

Katherine and her family are happy to call Sequoyah Hills home. Their neighborhood school, Sequoyah Hills Elementary, has provided her kids with opportunities that every student should have access to in Knox County. Katherine is running to fight for every student to have the resources and access to a quality education regardless of ZIP code, household income, or special education needs.

After graduating from Walters State Community College with a degree in Engineering and Art, Katherine moved to Knoxville to attend the School of Architecture at the University of Tennessee. Katherine then worked at UT as a web developer and media specialist. Over time, she built and maintained websites for many different departments throughout UT.

Now working as a Trial Technology Specialist, Katherine enjoys connecting with local attorneys and working to make their cases more compelling through the use of technology for digital evidence and trial presentations.

Katherine is also a mountain bike cycling guide at Blackberry Farms. She also serves as a volunteer mentor with Little Bellas Knoxville Chapter where she mentors young girls through mountain biking and spending time outdoors.