J. L. Regen  has her M.S. in Journalism as well ESL and Special Education, has taught ESL in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Vietnam–to name a few countries. She is the author of Jamie is Autistic, Go for it Leadership Handbook for all Students, and Let it Go, Let it Flow Leadership. Her fourth book is a contemporary romance set in New York City entitled Secret Desires.

She has also published photography from Thailand in a UNICEF Desk Calendar.  Another of her photos is archived in the New York Historical Society.

She is a freelance journalist and ESL adjunct. Her short stories have appeared in online mystery and suspense publications.