Cathy T. May is the mother of three children, Erin Lee, Caroline Emily, and Luke Jackson. She attended Livingston, Sand Rock Elementary and Sand Rock High School, where she graduated in 1975. Some awards she received in high school include: outstanding Junior-Accent Day, Girls State, Honor Student, and Beta Club. She also attended Gadsden State Junior College for two years. She attended Jacksonville State University for 2 years in B.S. ECE and graduated in 1979. She also attended Jacksonville State University for two semesters to earn her desertification and graduated in 1999. Awards earned in college include Special Honors in ECE. She attended the club NEAYC in college. Some civic groups she participated in Member C.B. 1st UMC, NEA, AEA, and CCEA. She was a substitute teacher for one semester. She also taught at Summerville Kindergarten for three and one-half years. She taught at Cherokee County Head Start for two years and is currently the Title 1 teacher at Cedar Bluff School. Her hobbies include reading, water sports, tennis, and volleyball.

Philosophy of Education:
"I chose to become a teacher because I wanted to make a difference in a child's life. I have always had a good rapport with children and that helps out a lot. School is different today because times have changed since I was in school. We were taught to respect our teachers and many students today do not respect teachers, and that is sad. Education has so much more to offer now. Technology has made such improvements. Education means to teach the whole child. Sometimes you need to find out what is going on with a student on a personal level because they have bad days too. A teacher does a lot more than teach. Sometimes a teacher just needs to listen. I definitely think my definition of education is applied in school today. We have a lot of excellent teachers that go the distance for their students. "