Kat Ford is a multi-disciplinary innovator, cross-platform communications strategist, and creative director whose work bridges storytelling, community engagement, and mission-driven impact. Her career spans retail and sales, luxury fashion, nonprofit leadership, arts programming, publishing, and edutainment IP development—bringing a rare blend of vision, cross-functional leadership, and creative execution to every project.

 

She is a children’s book illustrator and costume/prop designer, with work featured in music videos and editorial campaigns. Her educational art materials have received nearly 50,000 downloads on Teachers Pay Teachers. As co-founder of American Posterity and US Patent 8845383B2, she is the creative force behind Zini & Friends, an edutainment franchise rooted in developmental psychology and multiple intelligences theory.

 

Kat’s writing portfolio includes nonprofit profiling and place-based cultural journalism, exploring themes of environmental conservation, cultural identity, and compassionate capitalism. That same passion for place is reflected in her work through Parlance Creative, where she helps businesses, nonprofits, and communities find their unique voice.

 

She specializes in translating complex ideas into emotionally resonant narratives that inspire action and yield measurable results. Through the power of story, she aspires to effect positive and lasting change.