C Sablan GaultC. Sablan Gault worked as a newspaper reporter, feature writer, and columnist under this pen name, recommended by her editor, to highlight that she was Chamorro and not someone hired from the States. She agreed to the by line so that her most importat names would fit on one line. Catherine Sablan Gault was born in Guam. She and her siblings were navy brats who grew up on navy bases around the country until their father retired and returned the family returned to Guam. Catherine completed high school and college in Guam and holds a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology. After seven years with Guam's then-only morning daily newspaper, Catherine went on to serve as press secretary to a Guam governor, to a senator of the Guam Legislature, and to Guam's delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. She also served as a writer and researcher for a Guam political status education commission and an editor for the office Guam's public auditor. She retired from government service in 2009. She and her husband David, a Vietnam-era Seabee, have three children and six grandchildren. Read More Read Less