Catherine Brower

Time management, training, health/wellness, home welfare management, financial management, organization, chef, and a lot of patients. It’s been such an amazing journey of discovery. It’s amazing how much you will learn about yourself through having children. Up to this time we have moved every two years which has required a lot of management skills. Our last two moves have been to and from Europe.

between parenting, cooking, and volunteering I do family photography and sell my travel photography online. I’m self taught but have always had a passion to be behind the camera. I have an online portfolio of landscapes as well from our many travels.

While living in Europe, I organized all family trips to include trips for friends, when they came to visit. It required communication skills, flexibility, budgeting and working under pressure. I managed multiple types of travel to include: short day trips, long road trips, weekend flights up to 3 week trips with just backpacks. The trips always had an educational aspect to them whether it was history, cooking and or culture. I would do a lot of research before hand to teach and provide context for our two children. They learned a lot about European history, culture and food. Not just trying new foods but also cooking classes.

During this time I designed and created: art cupboard, bar cabinet, end grain and edge grain cutting boards, dressers, headboards, dining room table, bookshelves and a kid kitchen. These were for my family but also for clients. Each piece was custom to the clients wishes.

Substitute teacher and photographer

Coordinated and managed partnerships between restaurants/venues and real estate professionals.

I really enjoyed meeting new people and helping them pull together multiple items to create an vision. I will cherish these memories for the rest of my life. Even if sales isn’t something I’m passionate about.

Managed member check in, customer service concerns as well as any account management. Helped maintain and sell items in the club store. I really enjoyed getting to know the many members at Villa.

Transferred to UCCS to complete degree.