Kathy Altamirano

Kathy has worked as a barista in coffee shops since 2007 and currently works as a sales manager for Oatly. Kathy works to inspire environmental and social sustainability as the driving force in her career for people all along the value chain. Kathy began volunteering with US Coffee Champs as a sensory judge in 2016 and is currently a Head Judge for Brewer's Cup and a World Coffee Events sensory judge. In 2020, she was nominated to Sprudge Twenty. As a Latina and a first generation American, Kathy hopes to broaden the perspective of what coffee professionals look like, sound like and are capable of achieving. Kathy also likes watching people do karaoke but not singing herself, dog memes and unusual foods.