Kat Vancil-Coleman

she/her/hers

Originally from Ohio, Kat graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 2023 with her Bachelor's in Mortuary Science and is currently serving her funeral director residency. Kat is a passionate death educator, as well as an InSight Certified Funeral Celebrant, and an ICCFA Certified Crematory Operator. She was interviewed on Spectrum One News Ohio about the rising number of women becoming deathcare professionals. Kat was featured in American Funeral Director Magazine as "One to Watch" of the 2023 graduating class of mortuary students and won the Ohio Funeral Director's Association's Leadership Award in 2023 for her commitment to ethics, education, and outreach as a funeral professional. Advocacy for equitable and accessible deathcare for everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community is one of the things she is most dedicated to because she is a proud member of the community herself. When she is not trying to save the world, Kat enjoys painting, various crafts, reading, tabletop RPGs, and board games with her wife and partner of more than twenty years, Allison.

 

Do it with passion—or not at all.