A native of Toronto, Canada, Catherine was accepted on scholarship to the Interlochen Arts Academy in Traverse City, Michigan where she spent four years in the ballet academy earning the Young Artist Award, and graduating with High Honors. She embarked on her Professional career immediately following graduation, and accepted an apprenticeship to dance with the River North jazz company in Chicago, Illinois.
At eighteen, Catherine landed her first professional role as Meg Giry in the Broadway show, "The Phantom of the Opera". She then went on to the 20th Anniversary National Tour of "Evita", in the role of the Mistress.
