Education
San José State University.
San José State University.
Her latest assignments were for the National Broadcasting Company affiliate in Fresno, where she covered the Central Valley from January 2005 to May 2008. She also served as KSEE weekend anchor, first for KSEE Sunrise Saturdays (2005–2006), then as evening reader for KSEE 24 News at 6/11 p.m. (2006–2007). Catherine was also part of the KSEE Weather Plus team
In July 2008, Catherine began appearing on-air as a weather anchor for KNTV NBC11 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Prior to joining KSEE 24 News, Catherine worked as a producer and reporter for Columbia Broadcasting System stations KBIM News 10 in Roswell, New Mexico and KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque. While Catherine was in New Mexico, she covered the Katie Sepich murder case.
Her coverage helped pass "Katie"s Law."
While working at KSEE 24 News, Catherine was the station"s lead reporter on the lawsuit brought against California State University, Fresno by former women"s basketball coach Stacy Johnson-Klein. In December 2007, a jury awarded Johnson-Klein $19.1 million in her wrongful termination and gender discrimination lawsuit.
(Damages were later reduced) This was the third gender discrimination suit against Fresno State in recent history, forcing the university to pay millions in damages.
(See Lindy Vivas and Diane Milutinovich for details)
KSEE coverage spurred state lawmakers to action, conducting hearings and demanding answers from California State University administrators. According to the KSEE 24 News website, Catherine"s story library and other assignments include:
She has also been recognized by the Alzheimer"s Association for her coverage of the illness. She left KSEE 24 in May 2008 to work in the private sector (high tech) in the San Francisco Bay Area, namely the Silicon Valley region, according to a May 21, 2008 article in The Fresno Bee.
In July 2008, Catherine began working as a freelance anchor for KNTV NBC11 Bay Area.
Catherine studied journalism, math and computer science.
She is of Vietnamese heritage and is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association.