Kathleen Zion is a Cleveland, Ohio, native, and holds a BFA from Wright State University in Musical Theatre with an emphasis on Acting. She also graduated from Chicago’s Second City Conservatory Program. While living in Chicago, she completed the iO Chicago writing program under Michael McCarthy, a former Saturday Night Live writer. These classes helped hone her skills in sketch comedy, sitcom spec script, and television writing. She performed at Second City with the improv troupe PBArthur and Camo Collage. She was a member of One Group Mind, Mass Street Productions, and White Wine Flight, all of which were featured during Chicago’s yearly Sketch Fest. Kathleen is passionate about using improv to help promote positive change. She taught the first all Down syndrome improv troupe with the group Stand Up for Downs, helped start the first improvised exposure classes in Chicago, which help people with social anxiety, and performed with the group, Memorial Service to Follow, which used improv to speak openly about mental health issues. Kathleen can also be seen in many commercials and industrials, both locally and nationally, for Goodwill, DiGiorno, Sherwin Williams, Ford, American Greetings, and more. You may have even heard her voice on the radio for local marketing, or as Morning Show Co-Host on Brian and Kathleen Mornings. Currently, Kathleen is enjoying being a mom of three toddlers and works part time as an acting coach for 1st Team Actors Studio and Stand Up for Downs.