Cate's work in communicating geology to a general audience includes creating educational social media content, teaching lessons via livestream, giving oral presentations at colleges and institutions, and appearing for public events.

Much of her work revolves around creating content for social media that both catches attention and effectively educates viewers of all ages about different aspects of geology. She is known on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube as the Groovy Geologist. Across multiple platforms, she shares funny videos with trending themes, informative posts about geologic concepts (and misconceptions), and immersive videos explaining and showing real-world examples while out in the field.

Since August 2020,  Cate has been the host of a weekly livestream on TikTok called Rocks & Hops in which she teaches lessons on different geology topics. Her podcast, The Schist of It, is dedicated to deciphering relevant topics, news, and publications in geoscience as well as meeting with industry professionals. 

As an experienced presenter, Cate has spoken to audiences of all kinds online and in person. In addition to speaking to classrooms around the world through Skype a Scientist, she has also given talks at public events, libraries, and even National Parks. In May 2022, she gave her first TEDx Talk at UC Riverside on how social media is the key to reaching and recruiting a new generation of geoscientists.

To provide scientific expertise and geologist representation on television, she has appeared on shows on The Science Channel and The Weather Channel.