KATHARINE GIN is a photographer, filmmaker, and educator based in San Francisco.

Katharine's photographic work with youth has been published widely in local and national publications, including a full-page article in The New York Times and a seven-page spread in Bedford/St. Martin's award-winning textbook, Seeing & Writing 3. Her photographs have also been exhibited in galleries in California, Oregon, and Connecticut.

Katharine's documentary film, DON'T STOP ME NOW, features four undocumented immigrant youth who dream of going to college in the United States. Widely embraced by students, educators, and immigration activists, the film is being screened at film festivals, schools, galleries, and community organizations throughout the country.

Katharine was the lead artist for THIS PLACE CALLED POETRY, a year-long multimedia art project that features 11 talented youth poets. In collaboration with musician and composer Kjell Nordeson, Katharine created 11 short films and numerous audio portraits about the youth, which she installed at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (November 2008-January 2009). San Francisco WritersCorps commissioned Katharine to lead this project in celebration of its 15th Anniversary.

After receiving her BA in Architecture from Yale University, Katharine started Hot Shots, a photography and media literacy program that served hundreds of low-income children in Connecticut housing projects. She has since developed innovative arts and writing programs for at-risk youth in public schools, after-school and summer enrichment programs, detention centers, residential facilities, and community centers. She also holds a MFA from the Creative Writing Program at the University of Oregon, where she taught advanced undergraduate courses in creative writing.

Katharine is the co-founder of Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC), a non-profit that supports low-income immigrant students in higher education. For the past five years, she has been Artist-in-Residence at the San Francisco WritersCorps program.

Katharine is also an advisor to the Nelson Fund at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, where she manages the fund's philanthropic investments in arts and education; a member of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Donor Circle for the Arts; and a board member of Performing Arts Workshop.

Splash image (to the left) from Katharine's photo-text series "Is it good, friend?"