- Katina Stith -
Membership Director
Katina Stith is a new restaurant entrepreneur, recently purchasing Portis Kountry
Kitchen LLC, now PKK LLC Pure Kountry Kooking in Downtown Corpus Christi, TX. Katina is also the Founder of True Identity Ministries and is a Human Trafficking Consultant. She has been fighting
for the rights of men, women and children for nearly 20 years. Her passion and
dedication to educate and end abuse and the enslavement of humans, garnered
Katina her former position as Director of Rescue House of South Texas.
Katina was born in Virginia and reared in Atlanta Georgia where her personal
experience with human trafficking began. As a survivor of domestic violence and
child human trafficking, she has used her experience to support many shelters,
writing curriculum for the residents and assisting organizations’ founders with
policies and procedures. She’s been a speaker and trainer for many schools and
conferences, such as, Texas A&M and Human Trafficking Summits in California,
Dallas and here in Corpus Christi. Katina recently went international with here
training. Working closely with the Department of State’s International Visitor
Leadership Program, Combating International and Domestic Human Trafficking,
Katina hosted, spoke and educated dignitaries from Peru, Argentina, Venezuela,
and Cuba, just to name a few. She was honored with the prestigious Woman of
the Year award for (2016-17) by the National Association of Professional Women.
She was recognized by the Coastal Bend of Texas Border Region Human
Trafficking Task Force for her pioneering efforts toward supporting/ ending
human trafficking. She’s lead many workshops for women, and children to help
prevent human trafficking in our community. For the past 5 years Katina has
organized and led the yearly National Walk for Freedom Event. She is currently
working with the National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC) and was part
of the Armed Forces training team at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Katina Stith can be reached at: kbstith@gmail.com