University of Southern California
Carlsbad, CA, United States
Catherine Ames is a junior at the University of Southern California (USC). She is pursuing a major in Law, History and Culture and a minor in Theater. She lives with Lupus, POTS, Dysautonomia, Fibromyalgia, an Immune Deficiency, Migraine, Chronic fatigue, and more.
As a founding member of the Young Patient’s Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance (YP AREA), Catherine has been working to advance AREA’s mission for the past year. The alliance advocates for the involvement of young people with autoimmune conditions in all stages of autoimmune research. She serves on the grant-writing and strategic planning committee and the marketing committee.
Catherine is a columnist for USC’s Daily Trojan. Her column, Chronically Catherine, offers candid insights, witty humor and personal stories of life as a young person with chronic illness and disability. She was seen on KNBC (L.A.) in a health segment about her illnesses and experience with COVID-19.
Her previous experience includes working as a private tutor for grades 5-12, as an intern at La Jolla Playhouse, and as social media intern for Broadway San Diego. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi academic honor society, a member of the Dean’s list, and is the recipient of an Irene Ryan nomination for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Catherine studied abroad at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. She attended Bucknell University prior to USC. @itschronicallycatherine
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