Catherine has been a pet owner and pet advocate for over five decades. She and her husband of 38 years are from New Jersey and have lived in New York, Arizona, California and Wheaton, Illinois. They adopted a two-year-old rescue dog named Brutus in July of 2024.
Catherine enjoys building puzzles which are framed and hung, learning how to watercolor, creating greeting cards, cooking and gardening. She's included two pages of helpful suggestions in her first children's book, "Paulie Finds His Forever Home", on how to keep pets safe and from becoming a stray. Readers will be surprised by of some of them!