Katherine Habben

Katherine Habben is an Associate Policy Analyst at MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, where she focuses on early childhood education and care policies related to integration of immigrant-origin children.

Prior to joining MPI, she worked as a researcher on the International Child Centered Curriculum Erasmus+ project, creating handbooks and materials for educators and international families to utilize during times of transition. She is an experienced early childhood educator, working and training with several international and bilingual kindergartens in Berlin.

Ms. Habben holds a master’s degree from Trinity College Dublin in social policy and practice with a comparative focus on early childhood education and care policy in Ireland and Germany, and a BA in philosophy from Western Illinois University.