Cathy Sonntag was born on December 16th in Parma, Ohio. She attended Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw, Michigan and Dr. Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota. After she graduated in 1991, she married Craig Sonntag and moved to Janesville where she began teaching preschool at St. Matthew's and at St. John's in Milton, WI. 


Cathy has three daughters: Ashely, Alyssa, and Audra. In her free time, she enjoys rubber stamping and crafting, fishing, spending time at the lake with her family and friends, and chasing around her three adorable grandsons: Christian, Aiden, and Jordan.