Ms. Fernandez grew up in Wilmington, California, and obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from UCLA, with a minor in Chicano/a Studies. Kathy earned her Juris Doctorate from Duke University School of Law and was admitted to the California Bar in 2021.
While at Duke, Ms. Fernandez was Editor-in-Chief of the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law. Her article, “France’s Overdue Debt to Haiti” was published in the 2022 issue of the New York University Journal of International Law and Politics.