Cathy’s career in photography spans more than three decades and includes documentary, portraiture, fashion, advertising and fine art photography.

In 1975, while a still a student at Brooks Institute of Photography and on assignment for the Santa Barbara News and Review, Cathy met one of America’s great Civil Rights leaders, Cesar E. Chavez. Chavez convinced her to join the United Farm Workers as staff photographer.

After leaving the fields, Cathy moved to Tucson and began working as an advertising photographer. She also spent several years in the Pacific Northwest and was a member of the Seattle Photographers’ Guild. Her photographs have appeared in American Indian Art, Architectural Digest, Ceramics Monthly, American Craft Magazine, Glass Art, the Tucson Visitors and Convention Guide and newspapers throughout the country. 

In 1995, Cathy returned to Bisbee, Arizona and resumed teaching at Cochise College. She also began documenting the lifestyles of Mexico's most unchanged people, the Tarahumara of Copper Canyon. Five of her photos from this series, “Living on the Edge,” are in the permanent collection of the International Women’s Center in Mexico City.

In 2005, Cathy produced the photo documentary, “Marching Through History with Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers”. The exhibit began at the National Cesar Chavez Center before going on tour in California, Arizona and New York. 

Cathy holds national awards from Professional Photographers of America, as well as journalism awards from the Arizona and National Press Associations. In 2002, she was inducted into Marquis’ “Who’s Who of American Women.”