She holds MA degrees in linguistics from Eötvös Loránd University and in gender studies from the Central European University, and a PhD in cultural studies and neophilology from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw. Before joining HBS, Katarzyna worked for the International Network of Women’s Funds Prospera, the Open Society Foundations, the European Gender Equality Institute and ASTRA Central and Eastern European Network for Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health, and lectured in the Gender Studies Program of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She is passionate about supporting civil society organizations as a way of strengthening democracy.