Katie Wright serves as a writer for the St. Louis ARGUS Newspaper in East St. Louis, Ill. She brings to this position a significant and long-term career in education and special education. Wright earned her bachelor of arts degree in history from the University of Illinois, her master of education degree in special education from the same institution and her doctor of education degree in special education from St. Louis University

Wright has dedicated the majority of her professional career to serving students who have disabilities. She has served as an elementary school and special education teacher, a director of special education, a learning specialist at St. Louis University, and an interim and assistant superintendent of schools in Illinois District 189. She has also been a professor of education and has focused on the training of special education teachers. With respect to the administration of special education programs, Wright's doctoral dissertation addressed the effects of federal and state legislation and litigation on special education programs and outcomes. She has also written extensively on the overidentification of black males for special education services.

As the director of special education services in District 189, Wright established new programs for children who have learning and emotional disabilities, and for gifted children with disabilities. She developed Project SHIPS, which focused on school based interventions for preschool children at risk for school failure. Wright is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who Among America's Teachers, Who's Who in Education, and Who's Who Among Black Americans. She also holds the National Council of Negro Women Illinois and National Black Women Leadership Award.

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