Carol received her bachelor’s degree (2016) and an M.A. (2019) in Religious Studies at Florida International University. Her master thesis explores virtue and gender roles as illustrated in Jinaratna-Suri’s Līlāvatīsāra (The Epitome of Queen Līlāvatī). Her previous work focused on Jainism and the ethics systems operative in medieval Jain didactic literature. She has presented her work at various local academic events and participated in the 2018 AEEII (Spanish Association of Interdisciplinary Studies about India) conference, titled “South Asian Women Behind the Camera”. Current research interests include: the expression of cultural and religious identity through narrative, Sanskrit studies and gender.