The Basics
A.K.A: CC, Carm
Birthday: May 17 2054
Star Sign: Taurus
Nationality: British
Height: 5’8
Eye Color: dark brown
Hair Color: black, sometimes with caramel highlights if the mood strikes
Fashion Style: Tidy and professional
Blood Status: Halfblood
Blood Type: O+
Wand: 12 ⅔ inches slightly robust apple with demiguise hair core
Boggart: All the patients who ever died under her care coming back to haunt her for all eternity.
Amortentia: extinguished candles, fresh cut wood, petrichor
Patronus: (Mama) Grizzly Bear
Pet: Valetudo, a common raven

Personality & History
Carmine was raised by her grandmother from age 3-17. She doesn't recall her life before age three, but her grandmother had a lasting impact on her life. When her grandmother died, Carmine even changed her surname to honour her grandmother (she chose her grandmother's first name rather than her surname as her grandmother's surname was her married name and thus Carmine did not feel it particularly honoured Beryl herself). As a result of her upbringing and being on her own from age seventeen, Carmine has always been very independent-minded, but she's also compassionate and a nurturer by nature.

Upon finishing Hogwarts (a former Ravenclaw, though she prefers not to mention this, since she would rather not have preconceived notions of her school house put on her by others now that she is an adult), Carmine undertook healer studies with a specialisation in runic healing. She met Jerome Alvey fairly young, and the two got married and have two grown children together. However, ten years ago while attending an international magical summit on invocation and symbol magic, she met Juri Nishigawa. They fell in love and Juri moved from her native Japan to the UK. In the past decade together they adopted four children in need from various other countries.

Other than working as a healer at St Mungos in the Contagious Diseases department (including as the head healer there for the five years prior to her appointment at Hogwarts), at various times Carmine has worked as a lecturer with the Wizarding Universities for specialist healing and rune-related subjects, and worked as a healer on several cursebreaker expeditions. She likes to keep busy and consistently works to increase her knowledge and understanding in the areas in which she is passionate.

Education & Employment
Previous Positions: Contagious Diseases Head Healer (St Mungos) 93-98, Expedition Healer 91-93, University Lecturer (Part time) 86-91, Contagious Diseases Healer 82-93, University Lecturer (Runic Healing, pre-healer studies) 78-82, Healer Intern 76-78
Tertiary Qualifications: Healer Studies, Magical Surgery, Rune Studies, Runic Healing
NEWTs: Alchemy, Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Astronomy, Charms, Divination, Herbology, Magical Theory, Potions, Transfiguration
OWLs: Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Astronomy, Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Divination, Herbology, Magical Theory, Potions, Transfiguration

Relationships
Wife (separated): Juri Nishigawa
Ex-Husband: Jerome Alvey
Grandmother: Beryl Brantley
Children: Quentin, Corinne, Tomasz (adopted), Isaiah (adopted), Rajender (adopted) & Shivali (adopted)