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Hi, I’m Catherine …

AWARD-WINNING Children’s Book Author and Founder of the Basketful Relief Project (BRP)

… but people call me Cat. I’m passionate about storytelling, planet earth, and helping my neighbor, especially infants and children in need.

In years past, I spent 16 years working at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) where I was called the balloon lady, managed my own digital video company, Spike Productions, and have enjoyed my time walking goats, where I was called the goat lady(some nicknames really stick, huh!). I hope one day I will be known as the children’s book lady!

My husband and I climbed Bugaboo Spire in British Columbia, Canada on our honeymoon, and in 2019, my heart was moved to help support famine and crisis relief efforts at home and around the world.

It was then I spearheaded the Basketful Relief Project: Beautiful Children’s Books to Feed Young Tummies and Minds, where I am writing children’s books and donating proceeds from book sales to support established famine and crisis relief organizations. To date, the Basketful Relief Project has financially supported international efforts in Yemen, the Ukrainian refugee crisis, as well as donated locally to the Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA), and the Lyons Vet Clinic charity fund for fire victims and their pets. Since 2019, I have written seven children’s books, chapter and picture, six published in 2022, with the seventh chapter book due out this summer, 2023.