Katito was born in 1972 in Loitokitok. She attended Ilkisongo Secondary School in Ol Loitokitok, Kenya. In 1992 she joined ATE as a research assistant. Since then, Katito has served as the field assistant to many PhD students, post-doctoral students and visiting scientists on elephant studies, including social behavior, communication, genetics, leadership, cognition, growth, development and human-elephant conflict. Katito assists in the monitoring of the Amboseli elephants including the regular collection of group sightings data, estrous and musth records, along with censuses of families and independent males, and the collection of identification pictures. She is also in charge of our Camp Management & Livestock Consolation Project.