Catherine Blakespear was born in and lives in Encinitas, California. Blakespear earned a bachelor's of science and a master's of science in journalism from Northwestern University in 1999 and a J.D. from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in 2006. Her career experience includes working as a journalist for the Los Angeles Times and for the Associated Press. She was an attorney at Ray Quinney & Nebeker and the traffic commissioner for the City of Encinitas. She was elected to serve as the mayor of the City of Encinitas in 2016.
