Father: Jonathan Lowell Skavdahl (1962-)
Mother: Diane Margaret McFarland (1963-)
Born 7 November 1989, at Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana.
Catharine graduated from Mountain View High School in Stafford, Virginia. She was a member of National Honor Society, and earned varsity letters in soccer, track, and field hockey.
She is a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia.