Prior to her ExcelinEd fellowship, Katrina Notarmaso-Mahoney completed a Legislative Fellowship with the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, serving in the office of Ranking Member Bill Cassidy where she focused on education policy. She is also a former Teach for America corps member and taught third grade in a Newark charter school. Before pursuing a career in education, she worked for an independent think tank, the Council on Foreign Relations based in New York. Katrina earned her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from The College of New Jersey.
Katrina completed her residency in December 2025 and is currently serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Discretionary Grants, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education.