Katelyn Cai

Katelyn Cai

Duke ’26, Robertson Scholar

Originally from Scottsdale, Arizona, Katelyn Cai is a junior at Duke studying a self-designed Program II major titled “Social and Public Trust in the Digital Age.” She is passionate about using media and policy to bridge divides and rebuild institutions. At Duke, Katelyn is the Duke Student Government’s Chair of Democracy Day, Director of Community for Project BUILD, reporter for the 9th Street Journal, student researcher, and Duke Presidential Ambassador. Her summers have been spent working at US Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s Office, Edgecombe County Public Schools, and the Dispatch. She is a Robertson Scholar, NC Student Dialogue Ambassador, AEI Summer Honors Academy Scholar, and former Distinguished Young Woman of America. In her free time, Katelyn dances with Duke Defining Movement, travels, and writes her Substack “trust issues.”