A former Miss Chicago (Miss USA), Cynthia Lea Clark continued school, graduating from Northwestern University (multiple degreed), attended nursing school and became a firefighter/paramedic. After working as an actress in Chicago, she moved to Los Angeles where she worked on many television shows, such as Days of Our Lives (1965) and Stat (1991), while continuing her education with a Masters in Psychology and then a Doctorate of Psychology. While working on "Stat", she was the victim of a stalker; that experience led her to work in Forensic Psychopathology. She has over 70 interviews with serial killers, mass murderers, etc. Today she mixes Forensics with writing and acting.