Catherine Nichols joined Child Trends in 2015 bringing 10 years of professional design experience. As the senior creative manager, Catherine designs a range of materials for clients including briefs, reports, infographics, and newsletters. She continues to develop the Child Trends’ brand and produces visual content for Child Trends’ social media channels. Prior to coming to Child Trends, Catherine worked as a senior graphic designer in the Marketing and Communications Department at the University of Maryland, College Park and briefly as an immigration attorney.

Catherine has a J.D. from George Washington University, and a B.A in French literature from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has complete coursework in the Publications Design masters program at the University of Baltimore as well as in the Graphic Design certificate program at the Corcoran College of Art and Design.