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Catalina Parker's writing, advice, and research on nonprofit consulting, entrepreneurship, and burnout have appeared in national outlets.
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Forbes
Why 6 women chose entrepreneurship to save their mental health
Cat shares how leaving her dream job to start her own business changed her mental health and her life.
Business Insider
How 3 small business owners are — and aren't — using AI to nail their marketing campaigns
Cat explains why she makes marketing decisions from her own testing instead of relying on Meta's AI recommendations.
Fast Company
Ambitious people get caught in this trap. Here's how to get out
Cat's essay on how chasing milestones and outside approval wears down self-trust, and how to rebuild it.
Devex
What development employers are hiring consultants for in 2026
Cat on the shift toward hands-on implementation work, with findings from the State of Nonprofit Consulting report.
Forbes
Voices of Latina leadership: 6 founders on the art of perseverance
Cat on her "fail fast" approach: learning quickly from mistakes to keep improving.
Motherly
I was raised to be quiet and agreeable. I want the opposite for my kids.
Cat's essay on giving her children the emotional safety she didn't have growing up.
Motherly
The reset: 5 moms on their non-negotiables for preventing burnout
Cat on the weekly solo time she and her husband protect for each other.
Podcasts
- Scaling Impact · The art of consulting in the nonprofit space revealed
- Contagious Culture · Building a consulting business that lasts
- The New School · How these female founders got started working on their impact ventures
- Social Situation · Choosing consulting over the 9-5 grind
- Impact Boom · Catalina Parker on helping nonprofit professionals transition into flexible careers as impact consultants
More coverage
- Create & Cultivate · The time management strategy I use to unlock more time for the things that matter
- Motherly · The life hacks that enable me to run a business and be there for my family
- Entreprenista · Tried and tested tips for securing your earliest and most loyal customers
- Entreprenista · 16 low-cost marketing ideas small business owners are using in 2026
- Her Agenda · Women to watch in 2026: the leaders building for sustainable scale
- WeRule · From burnout to bliss: how I found my dream job (...as a business owner!)
- CanvasRebel · Meet Catalina Parker
- Dreamers & Doers · The LinkedIn posts that took off, and why they worked
- Authority Magazine · Beating burnout: Catalina Parker on the 5 things you should do if you are experiencing work burnout
- CEO Weekly · Why better positioning beats more marketing
- NY Weekly · How doing less can actually make you a more effective leader
- US Reporter · The new rules of leadership: how success is being redefined in 2026
For media
Catalina "Cat" Parker is the founder of Relatable Nonprofit, which helps nonprofit consultants grow their practices. Before starting her own consulting business in 2021, she worked in digital marketing and fundraising and was a program officer at a $500 million foundation. She has a master's in nonprofit management from Columbia. Her business has generated nearly $1 million in revenue, and she has worked with 170+ consultants. She also leads the annual State of Nonprofit Consulting survey.
Cat talks about
- Turning nonprofit expertise into a consulting business
- Pricing and why employee-era hourly rates don't work for consultants
- Finding clients beyond referrals
- Burnout, boundaries, and building a business as a working mom
- What the State of Nonprofit Consulting data says about the sector