Katelyn Reed is an active young adult with Down syndrome from Brea, California. In addition to publishing her first book, Katleyn has been professionally acting since the age of 4. She is a downhill skier and has earned her first-degree black belt. Her great joy is singing, and dancing and she is a six-year veteran of a competitive show choir called the United Choirs of Brea. Katelyn loves to write, especially poetry, and since 2018, has been writing original quotes from her perspective as a young adult living and thriving with an intellectual disability. Katelyn has been showing the world since February 2003 that nothing can stop her from accessing and rocking a full and productive life. Wisdom from the Whiteboard is her first published work. She hopes to one day create a second volume dedicated to her poetry. Katelyn is currently attending UC Davis in Davis, CA and is in her first year as a Redwood SEED Scholar, Class of 2026.
