When she was 18, she moved alone to Paris to attend the American University for five months, and lived in a tiny one-bedroom flat.

[2] In 2001, she began a career in broadcasting, hosting a television news magazine, Unzipped, for the new Canadian digital cable network ichannel.

On June 8, 2002, Clark married Chad Schella, formerly the director of player services for the NHL Ottawa Senators and now general manager of government affairs at Canada Post.

Clark took some time off from television after her daughter's birth, and subsequently joined CPAC, the Canadian parliamentary broadcaster.

[3] As of December 2017[update], she has her own marketing and public relations firm, Catherine Clark Communications.