Although Katie was not born in Texas, she got here as fast as she could and has not looked back. Katie was raised on a small horse ranch in California where she showed livestock and competed in numerous horse disciplines throughout her youth. Growing up in the rodeo world, Katie held her first rodeo queen title at twelve years old. Katie feels honored that her queening journey hit its peak when she traveled across the Country promoting the International Professional Rodeo Association in 2004 as Miss Rodeo USA. Katie attributes her success at impromptu speaking and public speaking to her time representing the sport of rodeo and all of the opportunities that were placed in her path from those experiences.

After hanging up her queen chaps, Katie spent a few years on the Board of the IPRA and 10 years on the Board for the Miss Rodeo USA Organization. During this time, Katie graduated with honors with a bachelor’s degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Awaiting law school, Katie used her public speaking skills and worked for a small western video production company doing voice-overs and interview work, this is where she met her future husband, Joe Mac Boggeman.

In 2010 Katie obtained a Juris Doctorate from Texas Wesleyan School of Law and worked for almost 5 years as a Criminal Prosecutor in Fort Worth, Texas at the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office. While she was at the DA’s office in Fort Worth, Katie tried cases ranging from misdemeanor DWI’s to Intoxication Manslaughter and Murder; with more than thirty jury trials as the primary prosecutor. Katie left the DA’s office in 2015 to come to Clay County and marry her best friend, Joe Mac Boggeman, who is a Clay County native, and this is where they are raising their children.