When she was a child, she was nearly sacrificed by the Children of Hastur to power a dimensional gateway. She was saved by the Mystic Six, in the same mission that resulted in Cirque's death. She spent years in an asylum recovering, before coming to work at Whateley. She knows that Rev. Englund instigated the mission that saved her; indeed, this may have influenced her seeking work at Whateley. It seems she is still sensitive to black magic and/or mythos entities.