“Yeah, I was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa. My parents lived in a little tow...” — Katie Porter Quote

“Yeah, I was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa. My parents lived in a little town called Eagle Grove. My mom taught high school and my dad was an instructor at the community college.”

“What I did as a professor is not that different than what I do in hearings.”

“When I went to law school, I took a bankruptcy class with then-professor, now-Senator Elizabeth Warren. And I'll never forget that first day of class, hearing her talk about the importance of the bankruptcy system.”

“My dad used to say, 'You have to become part of the machine to beat the machine,' and there's some validity in it. But honestly, even when I'm inside the machine, you still see me. I stick out a little bit.”

“My mom, my dad are two huge role models of mine because of the way they've obviously carried themselves, the things that they've had to face in their own journeys.”

“As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me.”