Dr. Shamina Aubuchon holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, with a focus in Immunology, from Eastern Virginia Medical School. She did her postdoctoral fellowship at the David Geffen School of Medicine, at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has several scientific publications on the immunology of Type one diabetes, even receiving a publication spotlight in the JDRF's nPOD magazine in 2011.
Dr. Aubuchon is a survivor of child sexual abuse and an advocate for children in those horrific and traumatizing situations. She knew it was her purpose to write this book but suppressed the calling within her. Dr. Aubuchon was born in the Commonwealth of Dominica and resides in Virginia with her husband and two children.