Lorraine Monteagut is a second-generation Latinx writer born in Miami, Florida. Inspired to the spiritual life by her great grandmother, who was an espiritista in Cuba, she facilitates astrology workshops and moon circles in her local yoga community in Tampa, Florida. She holds a PhD in communication from the University of South Florida, where she began her research on bruja feminism and the reclamation of ancestral healing traditions. She enjoys hiking, gardening, and backyard beekeeping.