Caitlyn DeAmbra was born on a small island off the coast of Portugal. Her father (John Dockham, married to Barbara) was in the US Air Force for 20 years. Her family traveled often, never staying in one place until her father retired in 1985.. Caitlyn lived in places like Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Southern California, Wyoming, just outside Washington D.C., and Zaragoza, Spain where she began acting at the age of 10. When her father retired they moved to Rockford, Michigan where Caitlyn graduated from Rockford High School, continuing to act. She then attended Grand Valley State University where she studied Acting and worked in the Costume Department. One Thursday and Friday the temperature fell to a skin-freezing 77 degrees below 0 (with the windchill). On Monday she applied to the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Arizona State University. When she was accepted to both, she chose ASU because she could drive there.
Having acted in Elementary, High School and College as well as Community Theater, she began her professional career in "Power, Privilege & Justice" (2002) {The Heiress and the Hitman} (TV) as 'Deborah Nolan-Luster'.