Athena was born fourteen years ago to a family of Muggles. She had one older brother, but hardly ever saw him as he ran away from home at sixteen. Neither she nor her parents ever knew of her powers until recently.
About a month ago, as she was running errands for her parents, she turned down an alley only to see her brother being brutally beaten. She dropped everything that she was holding and ran towards him, rage at the attackers clouding her vision although in retrospect she should have been terrified. Almost instantly, the attackers disappeared, to be replaced by small white rabbits, who scurried away frantically. Unsure of what had just happened, she made sure her brother was okay and ran back home, only to be contacted by the Ministry of Magic the next day.
Albus Dumbledore helped her get out of a long trial and possible imprisonment at Azkaban, and invited her to transfer to Hogwarts, where she can learn to control her long suppressed powers.

Athena is a perfectionist, known to cry over getting a B on her Muggle academic tests. She has been on every academic team her Muggle school offered and places high value on academic achievement. This perfectionism is both her strength and, at times, her weakness.
She is generous and especially adept at making friends with almost anyone, but at times harbors jealousy.
A life of taking care of her older parents, and helping with the neighborhood children has given her a good work ethic, although many times she regrets spending so much time helping others.