Katie Milosovich is entering her third year at Westlake High School as the Student Support Counselor.  She has worked with adolescents for the past 8 years in a variety of capacities including residential and inpatient treatment and juvenile probation.  She loves the challenge that a school setting brings when working with adolescents.  She has lived in Florence, Italy and taught English while living in Prague, Czech Republic.  She received a B.S. in Psychology from Regis University in her hometown of Denver, Colorado.  She went to The University of Texas at Austin for her Masters degree in Social Work and is a Licensed Social Worker.    In her free time she enjoys going to UT sporting events, travelling, and spending time with friends and family.

Freshman Counselor M-Z: Mary Smith

Mary Smith started her career at Westlake High School as the Student Assistance Counselor in the fall of 1992, but has been a 9th Grade Counselor for many years.  She has also worked in Austin ISD, Flour Bluff ISD (Corpus Christi) and Northside ISD (San Antonio).

Ms. Smith was born and raised in the city of Detroit until her family moved to Florida in the middle of her junior year of high school.  She is the first generation and the only female in her extended family to attend college.  She believes the key to success lies in hard work and persistence. 

She received her BS in Nursing in 1978 from University of Florida.  As a nurse, she worked in burn intensive care, pediatric dialysis, psychiatric units with children and adolescents, eating disorders unit, and in the newborn nursery.  She returned to school to complete her MA in Special Education / Educational Psychology in 1983 at University of Texas at San Antonio and received her MS in Educational Administration in 1987 from Texas A & M at Corpus Christi.  She worked as a school nurse, Special Ed. teacher, and junior high administrator before finding her calling as a counselor in 1988.

Ms. Smith resides in Westlake and has three children who are Chaparrals:  Nicole (Class of 2004) and twin sons, Dan and Will, who will graduate in 2012.  She loves to laugh with her students and believes in doing her part to "keep Austin weird" as evidenced by her colorful, "tribute to Elvis" theme office.