[@Naril]Yes, that does make sense, thank you! I really appreciated your comments. :3 I'll work on fitting them into my CS, but for the moment here are the answers to some of your questions/concerns:

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[*][b]Meeting other faeries[/b] - I should have made this clearer; that is totally my bad! The "oddball orphanage" was full of half-bloods and mixed-breeds. I'm a bit torn on this backstory; I considered going with a slightly rougher one that put her on the street for at least a little while, which would both support the feeling of loneliness that makes her so happy to work at PHI and give her more opportunity to have learned to defend herself. Brainstorming on this now.
[*][b]Self-defense[/b] - Because she can partially transform, Mandy always has at least a set of claws at her disposal--they may not do killer damage, but they will [i]definitely[/i] convince most people to put her down. She's not aggressive, but like any cat that's backed into a corner, she'll bite now and feel bad about it later. She has probably taken at least one self-defense class in her college career, and she's particularly good at moving fast and making her opponent do all of the work (though admittedly, she specializes in doing just enough to get [i]away[/i]).
[*][b]College[/b] - I have a feeling Mandy spent a good deal of time registered as "undecided" before finally graduating with some kind of liberal arts degree. I'll think on this, too. xD
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Unrelated, but high-five! I, too, am a parent to multiple cats. :P

[b]EDIT:[/b] [@vietmyke] Oh, God, I'm so sorry! Even though I read his character sheet, I totally missed that. If you want to keep her name, though, I think it's something that could probably be played for laughs in the office. (And if it helps, Mandy's birth name was actually Amandine.)