Katie Balske

Guatemala Program Coordinator

Journeys of the Heart Adoption Services

Email Katie@journeysoftheheart.net

Phone (503) 681-3075

Fax (503) 640-5834

I am very happy to be the newest addition to the JOH team.  I was adopted from Seoul, South Korea when I was 18 months old by a loving and supportive family.  I attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA, where I received my BA in Sociology with a minor in English and Comparative Literary Studies.  After graduation, I worked for AmeriCorps NCCC completing various community service projects in New Orleans, LA, Dallas, TX, and Denver, CO.  I have also worked for the ACLU of Oregon, the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver, Activities Director of a small city orphanage with 10-12 children, ages 4-14, of poverty stricken youth in Costa Rica, and as a forensic Social Work Intern at the Legal Aid Society in the Bronx, NY. 

Currently, I am working toward an MSW, and have completed one semester at the Columbia University School of Social Work in New York.  I plan to finish the degree at Portland State University.