Behind the Scenes at SLIG: Caty Peck

This is Caty’s second year working on the SLIG Committee.  Last year she apprenticed on audiovisual (av) under Bret Peterson; this is her first year to head up the audiovisual--besides handling the photography and SLIG logistics for the conference.

Caty Peck is a young woman with many skills. She founded her own photography company, Racing Rain Photography, in 2012 and continues working it to this day; she will be taking the class photos for SLIG this year. With a B.S. in Culinary Management, she puts her degree to use as the Warehouse Manager for an online sales company as well as making wedding and custom cakes plus catering in her spare time.

Genealogy is a passion for Caty. She describes herself as “working avidly in genealogy” for the past five years. During this time, she graduated with a genealogy certificate from Salt Lake Community College, finished Gen Proof 51, Tom Jones’ Mastering Genealogical Proof course, and she is currently working towards her Accredited Genealogist (AG) credential for the New England States Region with ICAPGen. Furthermore, Caty is currently waiting for entry into the ProGen program.

Caty is quick to commend SLIG for helping her “become a better and more well-rounded genealogist.” She loves the things she has learned and the relationships she has formed because of the SLIG experience. She believes that the week of SLIG “is quite possibly one of her favorite weeks in the entire year.”

Even though Draper, Utah has been Caty’s home for more than 20 years, this has not stopped her from traveling to five continents with only Asia and Australia yet to visit. “My grandparents instilled a love of traveling in me at a fairly young age, and we have just kept traveling with them ever since. My grandparents and my whole family traveled to Antarctica together, I traveled with my grandparents to Africa and with my grandmother to Europe twice."

Caty also speaks French. She traveled to France two years ago to meet her French family. Because her great-great grandfather was the only member of his family to leave France and come to America, she has a great deal of extended family still there.

When asked if she could have more hours in her day, Caty replied that she would spend them with her family, because they are her favorite people; she would take that extra time and use it enjoying “more adventures” with them. She is looking forward to a niece joining her family in March.

According to Peg Ivanyo, Director of SLIG, Caty can be found "between and after classes putting up, taking down, and otherwise tweaking [the] audiovisual to make sure we all have a good view of the information our instructors bring us." Caty Peck is be found on all popular platforms, including LinkedIn.

Until next time, the next committee member, and the next Behind the Scenes SLIG 2018 magic!