Catho is a writer, director, producer and creative strategist with a focus on using art for social impact to push for meaningful representations of minority experiences. Her style is raw, authentic and aims to capture the beauty in small, seemingly insignificant moments.

In particular Catho is working on projects that dive into the unspoken experiences of wom*n of colour and how their intersectional existence has impacted experiences like their reproductive and mental health.

Catho began her career writing and directing stage productions. Her play The Games We Play in 2016 tackled the impacts of drone warfare on civilians in Pakistan performed in her local community. Her second production, titled When We Meet Again in 2017, dealt with the different and complicated interpersonal relationships between women who have faced loss.

She has moved from stage to screen with the intent to impact even more people and further elevate the voices of her characters. Catho’s films are saturated in emotion and unusual explorations of trauma which relate to her background as a first generation Indian woman who grew up in Australia.

Currently she is working with a team of creatives in LA and Sydney to run a creative studio which aims to deconstruct stigmas around mental health and ambition, and elevate the voices of the API and other marginalised communities through artistic, raw and unfiltered storytelling.

Catho’s artistic expression expands into painting and photography where she strives to capture how she feels when she steps into a space, hears the music of an artist or runs through the streets.

Catho is a graduate of the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Advanced Studies, majoring in Film Studies and English. She also spent a year abroad studying at the UCLA School of Theatre Film and Television where was also a member of the prestigious Bruin Development Academy for Media and Entertainment.