Coraline Anders is a French-born woman who originally ended up in the United States out of peculiar circumstance. Prompted by her best friend to take a cross-country trip of the United States, Coraline found herself in a particularly confusing situation when her best friend fell in love and decided to marry a virtual stranger while they were in Las Vegas. A "normal" person might have decided that was the end of the trip and been done with it- Coraline instead decided to travel the country alone instead, fascinated by American culture and all that it had to offer. After the trip, Coraline applied for a transfer to a college in New York, where she earned her undergraduate degree. Coraline ended up in Boston when she applied to the Veterinary Sciences program at Tufts University.

Originally on a student visa, Coraline obtained a green card during veterinary school. The part of the test that hung her up most was basic English- though Coraline speaks English fluently, she will often combine words and, when especially nervous, will occasionally slur her words together. Though she did just fine on the testing, it was a big point of consternation for her, and she was scared up until the moment the interview was finished. Friends offered her a green card marriage, but Coraline declined- though the idea was tempting, she had always considered marriage something sacred, and didn't want to tarnish it to gain citizenship. Though the way she went about it was much more stressful, she feels confident that immigration isn't going to come busting her door open any time soon.

Because Coraline is French, she has very little modesty when it comes to her body and nudity. She walks around naked or in her underwear quite frequently, and only notices that this is a problem when someone else mentions it to her. If you're in her home, it should be assumed you'll see her naked body at some point or another- though she obviously keeps herself well dressed in public, she sees no need to confine herself to those "American sensibilities" when she's in her own home. On the other side of the spectrum, Coraline doesn't understand the American obsession with violence, and finds gory and violent films to be a struggle. She can't sit through anything that's too bloody or too realistic, and will politely decline an invitation to most horror or action films.

Coraline wanted to be a veterinarian from a very young age, but didn't pursue it for a bit because she believed herself to be "too stupid." The thing that changed her mind was her move to the United States- she believed firmly that if she could suddenly uproot her life and start over in a brand new place, she certainly had the brains to take care of animals. Though she proved to be correct, Coraline did (and does) struggle frequently- she had a tendency to hide herself away in her apartment poring over her books, and it took quite a bit of prodding to get her to go out and enjoy herself. Admittedly, this was a partly altruistic move- Coraline figured if she was going to be saving the lives of harmless animals, she needed to know what she was doing. Though her social life suffered during this time, she was on track to graduate with relatively solid- though not exceptional- grades.

Coraline doesn't speak to her parents often, but she doesn't consider this a point of conflict in her life; they phone each other on holidays, stay in touch through e-mail, and send her gifts on her birthday, but otherwise their paths don't often cross. Coraline and her parents never really had a distinct familial bond outside of the totally necessary, and so she's never quite felt like she was missing out on anything. Coraline's strongest bonds were with her grandparents, both of whom died before she left France. She loves her parents and doesn't resent them, believes they raised her "just fine," and considers their lack of affection a personality quirk more than anything else. Possibly this is what made Coraline's love for herself and others build the strongest; since she never received love from her parents, she found love in other ways, both through people and through nature.

Though Coraline is a pretty bubbly and optimistic person, she does her have demons; she loves to self-medicate during stressful points of her life, and has had problems with alcohol, marijuana and pills. These drugs are often interchangeable and she has no permanent attachment to them so much as the immediate stress relief and calm they bring her. Over the past two years, Coraline has taken up yoga, which she does solely to help her center herself and to keep from straying back to her favorite vices. She isn't always successful, but a positive attitude and a lot of time meditating certainly help her from going overboard on nights when her friends do drag her away from her books. Now that marijuana is legalized in Boston, she will likely begin to lean on it a bit more again- though hopefully she'll find a strain that's less about getting high and more about alleviating her stressors.

Coraline considers herself pansexual but generally thinks of self-labelling as nonsense. She's never been particularly attracted to any gender, and doesn't put a lot of thought into her own sexuality. She figures as long as no one is hurting anyone, they're free to do whatever they please, just like she is. Coraline doesn't talk a lot about her sexuality or her romantic history because, though she is free with her love and affections, she doesn't feel the details are anyone's business. This is one of the only things that Coraline tries to keep private in her life- generally she's an open book, but the fascination with sex is a bit of a pet peeve for her, and so she tries not to feed into it. While she's happy to discuss details with her partner or other involved party, anyone else isn't really a concern for her. Put a few drinks in her at a sleepover and she'll definitely tell you some interesting stories, but otherwise, her lips are sealed.

Coraline lives in a world full of forgiveness and second chances, but once you finally hit her limit, she's hot-tempered, sometimes to the point of violence. There's no telling how many chances you'll get- and some people have a limitless amount of them- but once she snaps, she snaps for good, and it isn't pretty. Coraline has been known to break objects in her home when she's particularly angry, and has thrown so many vases against the wall she's decided it would be best if she just stopped buying them. A friend bought her a punching bag, which she uses when she's extra frustrated, but there's nothing she can do but to raise her voice in certain situations, and an angry, rapid mix of French and English often comes out. Though this kind of anger is a definite rarity in her life, she dispenses her anger like a dam that has been burst, and has no concern for how it affects the people she hurls it toward.

Coraline has many hobbies, all of which she invests her time in passionately. One of her biggest obsessions is beauty- she loves hair, makeup, fashion and home decor, and keeps her own apartment flawlessly decorated. She doesn't speak of it often, but she had a brief stint of an attempt at being a beauty blogger; though she has a bubbly personality and certainly knows her stuff, she didn't have much of interest to say in terms of actual content. Not only that, but she wasn't prepared to put in the hours of work it would take to make a beauty channel successful, and though she still occasionally posts on YouTube, she now mainly does it for her own entertainment. She isn't entirely done with the idea, but has shelved it until she has more time- which, admittedly, might be never.

Like her anger, Coraline feels her sadness emphatically, and isn't embarrassed to cry. She doesn't cry often, but when she does she is wildly unashamed of it,