Former New Yorker Lands a Fabulous Job in Aspen

Katie Shapiro moved from New York City to Colorado in 2007. With a background in agency work, she landed at Denver magazine as the director of public relations. Several years later, she earned a Master’s in print journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder and continued, after graduation, freelancing for various publications.

Shapiro additionally started a PR firm focused on the independent film world and separately produced the 2015 feature documentary Rolling Papers, about the Denver Post’s launch of The Cannabist website, and the 2016 drama Actor Martinez.