Cathelyn Hutchinson

Remembering Cathelyn by her good friend - Gerald DeJean
Cathelyn LeNise Hutchinson was born on Good Friday, the 20^th of April, in 1984 to Frank Middlebrooks and Alexine Hutchinson.

At an early age, Cathelyn discovered her passion for music and dance.  She attended grade school in the Atlanta area where she learned to play the violin in the fourth grade while pursuing various types of dance including ballet, tap, jazz, and other modern genres.  Her love and talent for the arts led her to Tri-Cities High School where she enrolled in the Performing Arts Magnet Program as a Dance major and was selected as one of the Who’s Who Among American High School Students, a program that recognizes the top students in the country that have excelled in their academics, participated in a variety of extracurricular activities and completed an abundant amount of community service.

Upon graduation from high school, she decided to continue her education at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University as a Finance major where she graduated with honors.  She was very active at Evangel Fellowship Church of God in Christ where she served as mentor, missionary, and leader in the college ministry.  During this time, she was also selected as an intern for DuPont in Wilmington Delaware where she worked in the Payment Services department.  She was later an intern at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington where she would later be employed.  While at Microsoft, Cathelyn was under watch care at The City Church in Kirkland, Washington where she served as a City Kids volunteer.  As a Microsoft Finance Rotation Program participant, she diligently served on the community service, newsletter, and morale committees.  She also served as a secretary for Little Drops Orphanage Fund, volunteered and mentored for the King County Enrichment Program on top of mentoring Microsoft Summer interns.  Cathelyn was affiliated with the following organizations: Blacks at Microsoft (BAM), Finance African American Microsoft Employees (FAAME), Accounting the Language of Business, the Eyes and Ears of Management (ALOBEAEM) Accounting Society, and the Finance Management Association (FMA).

Cathelyn was raised in the church and gave her life to Christ at an early age, joining World Changers Church International at the tender age of five, where she would later serve in the Children’s Ministry with the Grasshoppers.

Always a shining star and a ray of light to all of those she came into contact with, Cathelyn’s memory will live on and always shine bright in the minds and hearts of those she touched.