Katrina Lankford has been with LDI since 2006. She began volunteering and later was hired as a Residential Coordinator. In 2012, Katrina was promoted to Residential Supervisor. In her current role, she supervises the Residential Coordinator and evening staff. She works with students helping them to achieve their full potential in the areas of apartment maintenance, cooking, menu planning, grocery shopping and utilizing the public transportation system. Based upon student needs in these areas, she develops a mentoring strategy to help students develop specific skills. In addition, Katrina teaches a cooking class that teaches students kitchen safety as well asd planning and cooking complete meals for themselves and for larger groups.

Katrina traveled quite a bit as a child, but grew up in California and Arizona. While having three wonderful children of her own, she also has three wonderful step-children. With her busy schedule, she and her husband enjoy attending the children