[6] Her mother had been educated in Switzerland, and encouraged her two daughters, Clotilde and Blanca, to develop their interests in botany and entomology and instilled in them a love of nature.

[5] Although Clotilde Catalán did not pursue formal studies, she trained with Bernardo Zapater y Marconell, Canon of Albarracín and one of the greatest botanical scholars in Spain, who put her in contact with other scientists working in field.

Zapater wrote in the article that "The young and distinguished Miss Clotilde Catalán de Ocón ... has attracted the attention of entomologists for the rare species she has been able to capture in the Valdecabriel Valley, being able to cite among many others, Colias Edussa, Hyale, Polyommatus Gordius, Lyaena Baetica and Coridon, Lyccena Damon, Melitaca Artemis, a beautiful Melitacca, Parthenie very rare in our country, and Coenonympha iphioides which is a very interesting subalpine variety".

[10] She regularly featured in the contemporary press under the pseudonym of "La hija del Cabriel", with compositions of a romantic and melancholic nature.

In El Turolense, she published A mi valle, A Manolita y José María, Adiós al valle, No te olvido...[12] She published A una mosca in El Eco de Teruel, Ante la tumba de mi madre (To a fly in El Eco de Teruel, Before my mother's grave) in Miscelánea turolense, (a magazine published in Madrid between 1891-1901, which showcased the culture of the province of Teruel including articles on botany).

Although she had maintained a close relationship with Blanca, Catalan gradually lost contact with her nephews, nieces and brother-in-law following her sister's early death at only 43.