2020 Wall of Fame Inductee: Katherine C. Gomez

Katherine C. Gomez currently serves as the Director of Human Trafficking Intervention for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ). She holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Florida (2005), Graduate Certificate in Criminal Justice Administration from the University of South Florida (2011), M.A. in Criminal Justice Administration from the University of South Florida (2012), Executive Certificate in Supporting LGBTQ Youth from Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy (2018) and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Public Affairs at the University of Central Florida (exp. 2021).

Ms. Gomez has served Florida since 2006 as a juvenile probation officer, trainer, researcher, and administrator. She served as FDJJ's Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol™ study statewide coordinator and as Institutional Review Board Director. She specializes in youth who have experienced human trafficking, youth who have committed sex offenses, sexually marginalized youth, and high-profile multijurisdictional cases.

Her dissertation research examines sentencing differences for juveniles who have committed sex offenses; other studies in progress include evaluating various intersections of human trafficking and dependency/delinquency system involvement. Her work has been published in the journals Criminology and Public Policy and Advances in Social Work, as well as numerous industry and agency publications.