This month’s theme of “freedom” will be explored by Katie Ford. 

A full-time journalist since 1993, Katie decided to leave the 9-to-5 grind in 2005 to establish her own editorial company, which provides publication management and writing and editing services to clients such as Dell, LiveSTRONG Foundation, The Washington Post and MIT’s Technology Review, among others. She also serves as the “adventure coordinator” for Design Build Adventure, a local design-build firm that offers metalworking camps. She also serves as the editorial director for Texas School Business, a monthly magazine about K-12 public education in Texas.

Since 2010, under the auspices of Truth Be Told, Katie has facilitated writing classes at a women’s prison, helping them to write the story of what led them to prison. The process is an opportunity for the women to find freedom from the past and unlock the potential for a better future. She sees this work as the most meaningful effort in her life.

When she’s not stringing words together for a buck or going to prison, she indulges in indie films, live music, reading, photography, dining out, gallery hopping, some serious strength training, West Texas road trips and her three-legged cattle dog, Martha Jean Ford.