Kate O’Kula: After childhood in Philadelphia, Kate went to NY, where was educated in social work at Suny-Albany, BSW, and Fordham, MSW, with a post graduate certificate in Non- Profit Management and Administration from Columbia University. She worked in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Buffalo, NY. Almost all her work centered on child welfare services and advocacy, and the development of organizational competence. On the side, she wrote. At Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, she was the director of Mission Integration, where she wrote a lot. But it was here, in RI, where Kate realized a long-standing dream and began writing more frequently. She studied creative writing in classes and workshops in the states, and also in France, Spain and Mexico.
Published online — Tiferet, Affinities, and in a group chap book — Poets’ Voices, as well as anthologies - Where Beach Meets Ocean; They Work, We Write, Kindness (Origami Poets), The Ocean State Poets Anthology. Kate is also a four times selected poet at the Wickford Art Association’s yearly festival, Poetry and Art, with her work appearing in four publications. Kate’s done several poetry readings in local libraries and other venues, and in festivals such as the Womxns Project as closing and Guest Poet, The Bridge Festival, and at many family gatherings. She was a founding director and for several years, president of the Ocean State Poets organization. With other OSP members, she led poetry workshops at the Adult Corrections Facility, Moran Mens’ Medium Security Unit, for over 10 years. Kate lives with her husband, Kevin and Athena, a Maine Coon, in North Kingstown. The poem Timeless came to be in Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Kate lives with her husband, Kevin and Athena, a Maine Coon, in North Kingstown.
Published online — Tiferet, Affinities, and in a group chap book — Poets’ Voices, as well as anthologies - Where Beach Meets Ocean; They Work, We Write, Kindness (Origami Poets), The Ocean State Poets Anthology. Kate is also a four times selected poet at the Wickford Art Association’s yearly festival, Poetry and Art, with her work appearing in four publications. Kate’s done several poetry readings in local libraries and other venues, and in festivals such as the Womxns Project as closing and Guest Poet, The Bridge Festival, and at many family gatherings. She was a founding director and for several years, president of the Ocean State Poets organization. With other OSP members, she led poetry workshops at the Adult Corrections Facility, Moran Mens’ Medium Security Unit, for over 10 years. Kate lives with her husband, Kevin and Athena, a Maine Coon, in North Kingstown. The poem Timeless came to be in Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Kate lives with her husband, Kevin and Athena, a Maine Coon, in North Kingstown.