Lorena Arciga was born and raised on the East Side of Chicago. After graduating from Jane Addams, she moved to Indiana and for high school and college. After graduating from Indiana University with a B.A. in History and a minor in Anthropology, she began a job as a substitute teacher. The job was meant to be temporary while looking for something in her career field but as soon as she started having her own classroom, she fell in love with teaching and decided to pursue teachign as a career. She has many hobbies when not in a classroom, including: knitting, crocheting, painting, and embroidery. She has recently become a plant mom and is looking forward to learning more about plants and adopting more. She really enjoys reading, particularly Stephen King novels and celebrity memoirs.