Cat discovered her love of breastfeeding through her experience of breastfeeding her own child, Jax. She started her professional journey towards becoming an IBCLC, International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, at Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) in Pinellas County as a breastfeeding peer counselor in 2011. There she received mentoring by 3 IBCLCs, which inspired her to become an IBCLC. In 2014 she started her own private practice. In 2016 she began work at Champions for Children where she worked in another high-volume non-profit community setting. Cat has become an educator in the breastfeeding community for both parents and IBCLCs through presenting at numerous conferences and breastfeeding trainings. She is passionate in supporting the whole family in all their feeding choices. Because of her passion for a multidisciplinary approach for treatment and education, she co-founded The Nourish Project. Cat also has extensive teaching experience prior to her lecture with The Nourish Project including both parent and professional trainings including: 2011 through 2014 Pinellas County Health Department; Breastfeeding trainings for WIC, Healthy Start, Nurse Family Partnership; Stages of change and Motivational Interviewing for WIC Staff; Breastfeeding Classes: 2015 to present; Breastfeeding and Counseling techniques for doulas: 2016 to Present; Boot Camp For Moms instructor: 2016; Storms of Motherhood Trainings (Mental Health Distress during the Perinatal period) for Perinatal Professionals: 2016; and No more difficult clients: Touchpoints TBBT Conference: 2018.