Catalina “Cat” Rodriguez (She/Her)

Cat is an Assistant City Attorney at the City of Miami Beach, where she provides transactional legal counsel to City departments on a wide range of municipal contracts and operational matters, supporting the City’s day-to-day functions and public initiatives. Her work spans diverse subject areas across City government, with increasing involvement in development- and construction-related projects. Previously, Cat practiced law in DLA Piper’s real estate group, where she worked on complex commercial and residential real estate transactions in South Florida and beyond.

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Cat spent most of her formative years in Texas before attending the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a B.A. in Sociology. She later graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, completing both her J.D. and the Robert Traurig-Greenberg Traurig LL.M. in Real Property Development.

During law school, Cat worked closely with nonprofit and academic organizations to research affordable housing challenges in South Florida and advocate for more equitable development and distribution of housing resources. She also collaborated extensively with the Miami Beach Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, where she now serves on the Board of Directors. Deeply committed to affordable housing and nonprofit work, Cat looks forward to contributing her legal expertise and public-sector perspective to SAGE’s mission.