Growing Up

Cathy didn’t have the best start to life but she stayed strong and just kept pushing through life's challanges. Her life started off by being molested as a child and this made life really hard. With her mother’s encouragement she got a scholarship to a boarding school which was a big achievement as not many indigenous people got a chance to go. When she was 15 she competed as a sprinter at the National school championships. She tried out for the 1990 Common Wealth games team and got in as a 4 by 1000 metre relay runner. She won gold! Look at where she is now!