Catherine Ferrari is an Art History major and Cities minor. On campus, in addition to being involved with the Vincentian Mission Fellows program, Catherine is involved with the Student Leadership Institute (SLI) Leadership Certification program where she is learning about what it means to be a good leader and what skills are needed to succeed. Catherine puts these skills into practice through a leadership position as the President of DePaul's chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS). In 2006, Catherine participated in a Spring Break service immersion trip to help the victims of Katrina in Biloxi, Mississippi. She also frequently goes to the St. Vincent Parish Sunday night masses to sing in the choir. Catherine's leadership and dedication to service began to develop not only through her home parish, but also through being a Girl Scout for thirteen years. She received the highest achievement in Girl Scouts, the Girl Scout Gold Award, in 2005 after creating a grotto at a retreat center in Hopkins Park, Illinois. With the career dream of becoming an architect currently being her main objective, Catherine studies hard and volunteers by giving tours at the Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House in Hyde Park, Illinois. In addition, she has recently interned with the Archimedia Workshop, a non-profit organization that creates educational documentaries on architecture and architects, by researching famous Chicago architect, Daniel H. Burnham's work in the Philippine cities of Manila and Baguio. In addition to going to Paris with her peers, Catherine is looking forward to the possibility of studying abroad for three weeks in Russia in the summer of 2008.

After graduating from DePaul in June 2009, she plans to continue her education by attending graduate school to study architecture in hopes to pursue her dream of becoming a green architect so she can help make buildings more environmentally friendly.