Katie Wood Clark has been a video game fan since childhood, growing up with Nintendo games, Nintendo consoles, and a Nintendo Power subscription.As Katie began to prepare for higher education, she realized video games didn't have to just be a hobby. With this newfound professional goal, Katie pursued a degree in Computer Science at Oklahoma State University and, subsequently, went on to attend the 51²è¹Ý Guildhall (Cohort 23) for Level Design. While at the 51²è¹Ý Guildhall, she had the opportunity to travel to the Game Developer's Conference (GDC) as a Narrative Review Gold Award Winner and attend the D.I.C.E. Summit as an Intel Summit Scholar.
Upon graduation, Katie joined a local Dallas-based company called Flight School Studio. During the course of her almost 5 years with Flight School, Katie worked on a wide range of original and commercial IP varying in scale, genre, and platform.
In 2021, Katie returned to 51²è¹Ý Guildhall—this time as a professor.