Katrina Betancourt

Katrina grew up in Maryland on the outskirts of the District of Columbia. She attended the University of Maryland and received a bachelor's degree in Kinesiological Science. In 2006, she moved to Arkansas to pursue a Master's Degree in Kinesiology and stayed, in the beautiful state, to raise her two boys. Katrina became the President of the Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention (ArCOP) in 2010. 

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She furthered her education in Missouri by earning a Doctorate in Health Education with an emphasis in Health Program Planning and Health Policy. She is a Certified Public and Government Manger and currently works with over 100 Growing Healthy Communities (GHC) across Arkansas and 5 additional Mid-South States. Her focus area has been concentrated in community and public health policy, system and environmental change. Dr. Betancourt’s mission is to increase access to healthy-affordable foods and physical activity through the built environment by supporting equitable cultural change to improve economic impact at the local level. 

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Katrina enjoys the nature by hiking and kayaking as her two main hobbies. Her two sons are now grown and have become entrepreneur with their mom. They have a family owned zip line and laser tag business along with a few other business endeavors. She is excited to now be a part of Meadowcreek and the new opportunity she can share with the Fox community.