Her Story
About Kati
Kati Tait serves as founder and executive director of The Wrapped In Love Project, a nonprofit she launched in 2021 after unofficially beginning the work in that year. As a foster parent since 2018, Tait started the organization after experiencing firsthand the lack of resources for new placements, such as limited clothing and diapers for children entering care. The project now delivers personalized bags containing seven days of outfits along with essential items to foster, adoptive, and kinship families at no cost, relying entirely on donations. Tait brings a high school diploma and some college experience to the role, supplemented by impact training focused on supporting children who have experienced trauma and those with special needs in therapeutic foster homes. She emphasizes hands-on involvement, integrity, compassion, and empathy in her work while aspiring to expand the initiative into a full resource center.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Kati
01What do you attribute your success to?
Honestly, I don't know. I don't feel like I'm successful yet. I feel like I'm just getting started. I have not reached the level of reach that I want to be at yet. We're a pretty small nonprofit, but eventually, as the years go by, I'm sure we'll grow even bigger. I just have to put myself out there. So, honestly, in order for me to be successful, I just have to build that confidence in networking and speaking up so that people can hear our why.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
If it's not done with the heart, it's just a job.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Do the hard thing. That's literally it. Do the hard thing. I know a lot of it is like fear is what holds us back, or public speaking holds us back, or sometimes we have to do the hard thing to get to where we want to get to. So that's literally, do the hard thing, slow and steady.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Challenges is pretty much getting support from volunteers and getting repetitive donors and sponsors because we're still pretty small, a lot of people don't know about us yet. As executive director, I am hands-on. I don't like to be the face. I want to be involved. I want to be able to be hands-on and support and do the work as well.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Integrity is important. Self-care, of course. I feel like that's a value very important to do. But just compassion and empathy and just understanding.
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