Irete Lazo is the pen name of Camille Mojica Rey, a practicing santera and former scientist who received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1996.

After earning her doctorate in Integrative Biology, Camille chose to pursue a career as a science writer, completing the Science Communication Program at UC Santa Cruz in 1997. She then held positions at the San Jose Mercury News, Latina magazine and UC San Francisco. The majority of her science writing career, however, was spent as a freelance writer. Her clients included Science Magazine, National Public Radio’s Latino USA, the UC Davis Health System, Stanford University the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the California Institue for Regenerative Medicine.

Camille wrote and published THE ACCIDENTAL SANTERA, her first novel, in 2008. The work is based largely on her own experiences, including turning to her family’s religion when faced with infertility problems. Unlike the protagonist in her novel, Camille was never a professor and did not give birth to twins.

While maintaining her science writing business, Camille continued her religious practices, explore New Age spiritual practices and worked toward developing her psychic and mediumship abilities. She also began to counsel others who were on similar spiritual journeys.

In September 2011, Camille was guided by a vision of the Archangel Gabriel to take on spiritual work full-time. She is working on becoming a certified Angel Therapy Practitioner® and has set up a private spiritual coaching practice. Those who are interested in receiving a reading in person, via e-mail or by phone can contact her at Camille@SpiritMakeover.com.

Camille is currently writing her first work of non-fiction, a guide for people who want to learn to connect with their Angels & Guides and use a variety of New Age tools to improve every aspect of their lives. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, continues to travel to Miami for Santeria and Ifa ceremonies and is expecting her third child.