Dr. Ropp has a Ph.D. in Rhetoric from the University of Memphis. Her specialty is the rhetoric of science and medicine. Cyd also possesses a Masters in Counseling from Azusa Pacific University, a Masters in Education from University of California at Santa Barbara, and a Bachelors of Science in Psychology from University of Guam. Cyd has worked as a counselor and college lecturer and ran the #1 rated bed and breakfast in Ashland, Oregon, for several years. She now resides full-time in Jacksonville, Oregon, and gives talks on the Simple Explanation of Absolutely Everything and the Illuminated Gnostic Gospel to anyone who will listen.