Meet Catherine Longest

Catherine Longest is a sophomore at Abilene Christian University majoring in Wildlife and Natural Resource Management with a double minor in Spanish and Biology. She is involved in the Agriculture and Environmental Science Club as well as the Wildlife Society. Catherine is also a flute player in the Big Purple Marching band as well as the ACU Concert Band.

During her freshman year she co-presented a poster presentation at the ACU Undergraduate Research Festival as well as the Agriculture Consortium of Texas at Stephen F. Austin State University. In the fall semester of her sophomore year, she studied abroad in Montevideo, Uruguay as a part of ACU’s first Spanish Immersion program. Catherine was an intern with the primate department of the Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas during the summer after her freshman year. She plans on pursuing a career either with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service working with wildlife and natural resource management or with a zoo working with primates.

Catherine would like to thank her parents for encouraging her to always strive to follow God’s plans for her, to work hard, and to love others. She would also like to thank all the teachers, role models and peers who have helped her along the way.