Catesby is a writer and editor who has worked at Travel + Leisure magazine, Open Society Foundations and the North American Congress on Latin America. Her reporting has been published in CityLab, Slate, Next City and WIRED. She has spent significant time abroad, primarily in Latin America. Catesby holds a BA in English from Wesleyan University and an MA in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University.