Kat Hawkins | |
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Born | Kathleen Hawkins |
Alma mater | University of Leeds |
Occupation | Television presenter |
Television | Click |
Website | www |
Kat Hawkins (born Kathleen Hawkins in December 1988, in Retford, Nottinghamshire) is a presenter, producer,[1] and reporter. They worked on the BBC's technology programme Click, broadcast on the BBC World News and the BBC News Channel in the United Kingdom.[2] After leaving university in 2012,[3] they gained a place on the BBC's Journalism Trainee Scheme in 2013.[4]
Both of Hawkins' legs were amputated below the knee in 2006 as a result of meningitis.[5][6][7]
In addition to her TV work, they played sitting volleyball for Team GB,[8] is a dancer,[9] and has been studying yoga[10] since 2013.[11]
They also presented the program "People Fixing the World' on the BBC World Service radio.[12]