Katie Kirkpatrick is the owner and founder of Off the Mall Tours, a tour company that highlights underrepresented voices and off-the-beaten path local DC history. She has a flair for fun history, costuming, and showing off her adopted city.  

 Katie is writing a book based off of her popular “Madams of DC” walking tour, which focuses on the lives of sex workers drawn to Civil War-era Washington by the large military presence and prospect of fortunes to be made.  

Identifying as a humanist, she tries to understand as many diverse perspectives as possible. She comes from a privileged background but has come in contact with people from all walks of life, from DC, to Brazil, to the Congo, and beyond. Katie believes humanity is fascinating, and the more she learns about different cultures, socio-economic structures, history, languages, etc, the more empathy she gains for individuals that are different from herself.