Kate Michael

Kate Michael, @kstreetkate, is a Writer/Model/On-Camera Host and Event Emcee. Notable as the Founder and current Editor-At-Large of K Street Magazine, Kate started the site while serving as Miss District of Columbia 2006 and competing in Miss America (2007). Currently, Kate works as a professional spokesperson and model, walking the runway for such industry icons as Valentino, Derek Lam, Naeem Kahn and Oscar de la Renta. Her media portfolio includes a spread in Elle magazine and features on Inside Edition and BBC World News’ “The Real Cities” series. You’ll catch her interviewing guests on DC’s NewChannel8′s Let’s Talk Live and showcasing products on BestBuy.com, as well as work appearing on NBC, Fox, Comcast and local print publications.

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After Abduction, Ingrid Betancourt Finds her Voice, Struggles to Find her Place

Posted on September 23, 2010 in Uncategorized

“If they gave me 6.8 million, or twice, or three times, or much more that than – say billions – I wouldn’t take it to just go back to the jungle and live what I lived.”

Ingrid Betancourt, abducted while campaigning in the Colombian presidential election and held in captivity for six years, was on hand at the National Press Club Wednesday night to answer questions about her time in the jungle and sign copies of her new book, “Even Silence has an End.”

Betancourt explained that – her story now told – she wasn’t quite sure what would come next, but what she welcomed most was rest.

“Since the day I was liberated, my home is a luggage. I haven’t been able to find a place for me… I don’t want to be a politician – I’m not moved anymore – though there is still a dream of having a better world and a better Colombia.”