Past Speaking includes: on Potter - Ascendio, St. Andrews University in Scotland, University of North Alabama, UNC Charlotte; on Chaucer - UNC Chapel Hill. Has had guest posts on the Hogwarts Professor blog. Received Master's Degree in English with concentrations in Teaching and British Literature with a reading ability in Latin from the University of New Orleans. Lives in New Orleans with her husband Roch, her children Vito and Lizzie, and her cats Albus and Minerva.