Katie Moritz
ST. JOHNSBURY – Local writer Katie Moritz has been hired by the Northeast Kingdom Collaborative (NEKC).
Moritz has over a decade of experience in writing and communication. Prior to her position as communication liaison at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH), she was editor of a weekly newspaper, manager of an assisted living facility, and an educator for at-risk youth at a charter school and first-generation students at Dartmouth College. While pursuing a master’s degree in writing and literature at Dartmouth, she founded the graduate journal, Clamantis and in turn served as editor-in-chief.
“This position will allow me to support so many initiatives across the Kingdom,” Moritz said. “And because of my relationship-building and communication experience at NVRH, I know that connecting the right people plays a huge role in how a community thrives.”
The NEK Collaborative is an independent, non-partisan collaborative that bridges local, regional and statewide actors. It also connects local people, projects and partners to critical capital, coaching and connections.
Moritz assumes the project assistant position from Thorolf van Walsum, who started in the position in 2019. He will be starting a PhD program in evolutionary biology in Prague. Moritz’s work with the collaborative will involve building and distributing the monthly newsletter, ensuring online resources are up-to-date and assisting with other communication and community-focused projects.
A published poet, nonfiction author, and full-time writer, her fiction work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Moritz grew up in the Northeast Kingdom, and although she has lived elsewhere, says she is glad to be back in Barnet, where, on the same land she explored as a teen, she and her husband are raising their four-year-old son.
