Cathy Bogart earned a Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the University of Kansas. She has been a college teacher for over 20 years. At Avila University, by faculty vote, she served on the task force to create a new core curriculum, in which she helped develop learning outcomes. As part of this endeavor, she did a presentation to the faculty on "Types of Thinking."

She is an avid reader - both fiction and non-fiction. She runs and boxes. She also walks and train dogs as a volunteer at an animal shelter. At the shelter, she is also a member of the Confidence College for dogs - it is a program to work with excessively shy and fearful dogs, so that they may become adopted.