Katherine White-Snyder (Kathy) was born in Baltimore Maryland. She graduated from Eastern High School, where she met her high school sweet heart. They have six children one of which has special nee...view moreKatherine White-Snyder (Kathy) was born in Baltimore Maryland. She graduated from Eastern High School, where she met her high school sweet heart. They have six children one of which has special needs. In 1991, she started writing about the psychological aspects of slavery and its impact on behavior through time. She decided that her writing was psychological in nature and decided to pursue a degree in psychology but not before getting a job working as a cafeteria aid at Harlem Park Middle School. At the principal’s recommendation, she worked as a substitute teacher periodically working with special needs children. She attended Coppin State College to pursue a degree in psychology while employed as a coordinator for the Compact schools where she wrote her first newspaper article for the Sandtown-Winchester Times. She left that job to pursue her under graduate degree graduating in May 1999 with a BS in Applied Psychology. She is currently employed at Kennedy Krieger Institute. While there, she attended a Redefining health series then applied to Tai Sophia Institute. She graduated May 2005 with a master’s degree in Applied Healing Arts.view less