Katara Washington Patton
Presenter Bio
Katara is publisher at Urban Ministries, Inc. (UMI). She is the former executive editor at Our Daily Bread Publishing/VOICES. Her forthcoming book, Faith of Our Teen Girls: Passing Belief From Mother to Daughter, will release in February 2027. Her book, Navigating the Blues: Where to Turn When Worry, Anxiety, or Depression Steals Your Hope, debuted on Amazon’s Bestseller’s List for New Releases. Katara graduated summa cum laude from Dillard University with a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications and English. She earned a Master of Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, and received a Master of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, where she received the outstanding preaching award.
