Kate Carlson

Kate Carlson is a photographer, writer, designer, communicator and Winona enthusiast who wants to shout the city’s praises from the bluff-tops. As partnership director at Visit Winona, the convention and visitors’ bureau for the city of Winona, Kate is a self-described Winona cheerleader. She graduated from Winona State University with a Mass Communications-Photojournalism degree in 2007, worked as a full-time journalist for many years and has had images published in Time Magazine and Newsweek. Kate’s career journey took her to Illinois, Oklahoma and back again to Winona, Minnesota in late 2009, where she and her family have set down roots and committed to be lifetime Winonans.