Katie Futrowsky is a Ph.D. candidate in Georgia Tech’s Center for Relativistic Astrophysics studying massive black holes. She has a B.S. in Physics and a B.S. in Astronomy from the University of Maryland. She is a teaching assistant for undergraduates in physics and astronomy classes at Georgia Tech and tutors local high school students in physics. In addition to her astrophysics research, she is involved in science policy and studies national security in space. She has previously worked as observatory staff at the University of Maryland Observatory and has interned in the U.S. House of Representatives.