Extensive experience in the tea industry: tea shops, events, social media management, branding, webshop maintenance, tours, sourcing, farming and factory work. Katrina is a multicompetent individual speaking several languages (translation and proofreading experience) and an artist creating visual media like digital art, photography, and content for social media. Degree in music, religious and cultural studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus of interest is the cultural anthropology of tea and its elements within contexts of various corners of the world, as well as agriculture and the production of tea. In researching tea, Katrina has been and continues to explore Europe, Africa, and Asia via direct long-term expeditionary immersion within tea and its cultural landscapes, attempting to discover wild and remote gems of tea terrains.Contributions: - Articles for Masters Talk, the organisers of Tea Masters Cup.- Weekly blogs for Wanderlustea, a tea consultancy business in Belgium.- A chapter "Digital Tools Towards More Accessibility in the Tea Industry" for academic book "European Tea Culture & Hospitality" presented at the Vienna conference in October 2023.Tea service for various events and cultural programs worldwide. Some of the most notable ones being:2022- Winston Cigar Festival (aged tea pairing), Zuoz, Switzerland - Kimono event at "Kimono Iwaki" (5 days), Fukushima, Japan- Educational tea tours, tastings and hand-processing events with Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms, Wazuka, Japan2023- Attendance and tea brewing at the Vietnamese Tea Festival in Hoi An - Tea brewing at a Lunar New Year celebration event by Xiaoman and Daybreak18 Tea House in the Wu Garden, Tainan, Taiwan- Tea brewing at a "Fujian Black Glaze of Jian Ware" seminar in Tamsui, Taipei, Taiwan - Tea ceremony in Dongshan, Yilan, Taiwan- Royal Tea Garden of Korea tea tour and tea tasting for Korea Tea Culture Association in Jeollanam-do - Korean Royal Family and Prince Imperial Ui of the Korean Empire Exhibition and tea service at the Korea Art Expo - Sonogi Tea PR event in Saikai, Kyushu, Japan with Ikedoki Tea, Chanoko, and Higashi Sonogi Town Hall- Sonogicha Ambassador Program for international ALTs and culture exchange between locals of Nagasaki area- Tea tasting in Dhaka, Bangladesh- Teaching tea workshops for Nepal Tea Collective, Kathmandu- Series of storytelling and tea events in Riga, Latviahttps://www.instagram.com/dragonsleaf/