She received her MFA in Photography from San Jose State University in 2014. Her work primarily utilizes the body for discovery of self. Cathey-Adams has a wide skill set ranging from traditional darkroom photography to digital media and alternative processes. Working in black-and-white images her work centers itself in the idea of the radiance; that light not only illuminates but that darkness defines. She is interested in ideas of self-portraiture and broadening the definitions of beauty and self-perception. She has been teaching photography and creating program curricula in the Bay Area for five years. Most recently, she taught beginning digital photography and intermediate black-and-white photography at San Jose State University. With a strong passion for photography, Cathey-Adams dedicates herself not only to image making but teaching as well.