She is a full voting member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Her work screened on every continent except Antarctica, earning over 30 awards and 150 official selections from USA, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, India, Italy and Kingdom of Swaziland. Katarzyna has served as Juror for Canadian Screen Awards (Canadian Emmy), YMA Awards of Excellence, and Development Executive for Los Angeles-based Write Of Passage. She currently serves as a mentor for The Pilot Project. After graduating from York University film school, she took animation classes at Sheridan College. She honed her craft by taking directing workshops through Film Independent, WIFT- Toronto, WIFT-Los Angeles, LIFT, and AWD. She shadowed directors on a number of scripted shows, including single-cam and multi-cam (Doc, Sue Thomas F.B.Eye, Wild Card, The Stanley Dynamic, The Next Step, Odd Squad).