Catherine D. Emerson was born in Wellsboro, PA and has lived in several places including Bath, NY, Houghton, NY, Horseheads, Elmira, NY, Memphis, TN, and Richmond, VA. She attended Haverling High School, Houghton College, and Buffalo State College. Her jobs included working at Kay-Bee Toys, Educational Images, the Boy Scouts of America, Corning Incorporated, and the VA Medical Center in Bath, NY, Memphis, TN, and Richmond, VA. She also discusses her former dream home on Lake Salubria in Bath, NY, her current "home on wheels", and her future dream home.