diff --git a/frontend/src/NewApp/Components/CandidateInfo.tsx b/frontend/src/NewApp/Components/CandidateInfo.tsx
index 2dc06ad..8284c62 100644
--- a/frontend/src/NewApp/Components/CandidateInfo.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/NewApp/Components/CandidateInfo.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Box, Link, Typography, Avatar, Paper, Grid, Chip, SxProps } from '@mui/material';
+import { 
+  Card,
+  CardContent,
+  CardActionArea,
+  Divider,
+  useTheme,
+} from '@mui/material';
 import { useMediaQuery } from '@mui/material';
-import { useTheme } from '@mui/material/styles';
 import { styled } from '@mui/material/styles';
-import { Route, Routes, useLocation, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { useLocation, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { UserInfo, useUser } from "./UserContext";
 import LinkIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Link';
 import { CopyBubble } from "../../Components/CopyBubble";
@@ -42,18 +48,34 @@ const CandidateInfo: React.FC<CandidateInfoProps> = (props: CandidateInfoProps)
         if (size < 1000000) return `${(size / 1000).toFixed(1)}K RAG elements`;
         return `${(size / 1000000).toFixed(1)}M RAG elements`;
     };
-    const view = props.user || user;
+    const candidate = props.user || user;
 
-    if (!view) {
+    if (!candidate) {
         return <Box>No user loaded.</Box>;
     }
   return (
-      <StyledPaper sx={sx}>
-      <Grid container spacing={2}>
+    <Card 
+      elevation={1}
+      sx={{ 
+        display: "flex",
+        borderColor: 'transparent',
+        borderWidth: 2,
+        borderStyle: 'solid',
+        transition: 'all 0.3s ease',
+        ...sx
+      }}
+    >
+    <CardActionArea 
+        //onClick={() => setSelectedCandidate(candidate)}
+        sx={{ height: '100%', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', alignItems: 'stretch' }}
+      >
+                  <CardContent sx={{ flexGrow: 1, p: 3 }}>
+                    
+                    <Grid container spacing={2}>
         <Grid size={{ xs: 12, sm: 2 }} sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center', minWidth: "80px", maxWidth: "80px" }}>
           <Avatar
-            src={view.has_profile ? `/api/u/${view.username}/profile/${sessionId}?timestamp=${Date.now()}` : ''}
-            alt={`${view.full_name}'s profile`}
+            src={candidate.has_profile ? `/api/u/${candidate.username}/profile/${sessionId}?timestamp=${Date.now()}` : ''}
+            alt={`${candidate.full_name}'s profile`}
             sx={{
               width: 80,
               height: 80,
@@ -68,20 +90,20 @@ const CandidateInfo: React.FC<CandidateInfoProps> = (props: CandidateInfoProps)
               <Box sx={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: isMobile ? "column" : "row", alignItems: "center", gap: 1, "& > .MuiTypography-root": { m: 0 } }}>
                 {action !== '' && <Typography variant="body1">{action}</Typography>}
                 <Typography variant="h5" component="h1" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold', whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
-                  {view.full_name}
+                  {candidate.full_name}
                 </Typography>
               </Box>
               <Box sx={{ fontSize: "0.75rem", alignItems: "center" }} >
-                <Link href={`/u/${view.username}`}>/u/{view.username}</Link>
+                <Link href={`/u/${candidate.username}`}>/u/{candidate.username}</Link>
                 <CopyBubble
                   onClick={(event: any) => { event.stopPropagation() }}
-                  tooltip="Copy link" content={`${window.location.origin}/u/{view.username}`} />
+                  tooltip="Copy link" content={`${window.location.origin}/u/{candidate.username}`} />
               </Box>
             </Box>
 
-            {view.rag_content_size !== undefined && view.rag_content_size > 0 && <Chip
+            {candidate.rag_content_size !== undefined && candidate.rag_content_size > 0 && <Chip
               onClick={(event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => { navigate('/knowledge-explorer'); event.stopPropagation() }}
-              label={formatRagSize(view.rag_content_size)}
+              label={formatRagSize(candidate.rag_content_size)}
               color="primary"
               size="small"
               sx={{ ml: 2 }}
@@ -89,11 +111,26 @@ const CandidateInfo: React.FC<CandidateInfoProps> = (props: CandidateInfoProps)
           </Box>
 
           <Typography variant="body1" color="text.secondary">
-            {view.description}
+            {candidate.description}
           </Typography>
+
+                    <Divider sx={{ my: 2 }} />
+                    
+                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
+                      <strong>Location:</strong> {candidate.location}
+                    </Typography>
+                    <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mb: 1 }}>
+                      <strong>Email:</strong> {candidate.email}
+                    </Typography>
+                    <Typography variant="body2">
+                      <strong>Phone:</strong> {candidate.phone}
+                    </Typography>
+            </Grid>
+
         </Grid>
-      </Grid>
-    </StyledPaper>
+        </CardContent>
+                </CardActionArea>
+                </Card>
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/NewApp/Components/UserContext.tsx b/frontend/src/NewApp/Components/UserContext.tsx
index a8c25cb..a0b25ba 100644
--- a/frontend/src/NewApp/Components/UserContext.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/NewApp/Components/UserContext.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ interface UserInfo {
   questions: UserQuestion[],
   isAuthenticated: boolean,
   has_profile: boolean,
+  title: string;
+  location: string;
+  email: string;
+  phone: string;
   // Fields used in AI generated personas
   age?: number,
   ethnicity?: string,
diff --git a/frontend/src/NewApp/Pages/CandidateListingPage.tsx b/frontend/src/NewApp/Pages/CandidateListingPage.tsx
index 700ec8f..4f70c0a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/NewApp/Pages/CandidateListingPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/NewApp/Pages/CandidateListingPage.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { forwardRef, useEffect, useState, MouseEventHandler } from 'react';
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
+import Button from '@mui/material/Button';
 import useMediaQuery from '@mui/material/useMediaQuery';
 import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import { useTheme } from '@mui/material/styles';
@@ -62,7 +63,17 @@ const CandidateListingPage = (props: BackstoryPageProps) => {
     }, [users]);
 
     return (
-        <Box>
+        <Box sx={{display: "flex", flexDirection: "column"}}>
+          <Box sx={{ p: 1 }}>
+            Not seeing a candidate you like? 
+            <Button 
+              variant="contained" 
+              sx={{ml: 1}}
+              onClick={() => { navigate('/generate-candidate')}}>
+              Generate your own perfect AI candidate!
+            </Button>
+          </Box>
+        <Box sx={{ display: "flex", gap: 1, flexWrap: "wrap"}}>
             {users?.map((u, i) => 
                 <Box key={`${u.username}`} 
                     onClick={(event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) : void => {
@@ -70,10 +81,11 @@ const CandidateListingPage = (props: BackstoryPageProps) => {
                     }}
                     sx={{ cursor: "pointer" }}
                     >
-                    <CandidateInfo sessionId={sessionId} sx={{ "cursor": "pointer", "&:hover": { border: "2px solid orange" }, border: "2px solid transparent" }} user={u} />
+                    <CandidateInfo sessionId={sessionId} sx={{ maxWidth: "320px", "cursor": "pointer", "&:hover": { border: "2px solid orange" }, border: "2px solid transparent" }} user={u} />
                 </Box>
             )}
         </Box>
+        </Box>
     );
 };
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/NewApp/Pages/GenerateCandidate.tsx b/frontend/src/NewApp/Pages/GenerateCandidate.tsx
index ecfbe0f..e62b62c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/NewApp/Pages/GenerateCandidate.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/NewApp/Pages/GenerateCandidate.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ const emptyUser : UserInfo = {
     contact_info: {},
     questions: [],
     isAuthenticated: false,
-    has_profile: false
+    has_profile: false,
+    title: '[blank]',
+    location: '[blank]',
+    email: '[blank]',
+    phone: '[blank]',
 };
 
 const GenerateCandidate = (props: BackstoryElementProps) => {
@@ -167,7 +171,7 @@ const GenerateCandidate = (props: BackstoryElementProps) => {
             }
 
             const imagePrompt = `A photorealistic profile picture of a ${user.age} year old ${user.gender} ${user.ethnicity} person. ${prompt}`
-            setStatus(`Generating: ${imagePrompt}`);
+            setStatus('Staring image generation...');
             setProcessing(true);
             setCanGenImage(false);
             setState(3);
@@ -260,55 +264,76 @@ const GenerateCandidate = (props: BackstoryElementProps) => {
     }
 
     return (
-        <Box className="GenerateCandidate" sx={{ 
-            display: "flex", flexDirection: "column", flexGrow: 1, gap: 1, width: { xs: '100%', md: '700px', lg: '1024px' }
-            }}>
-            {user && <CandidateInfo sessionId={sessionId} user={user} />}
-        {processing && 
-            <Box sx={{
-                display: "flex",
-                flexDirection: "column",
-                alignItems: "center",
-                justifyContent: "center",
-                m: 2,
-            }}>
-                <Box sx={{flexDirection: "row", fontWeight: "bold"}}>{status}</Box>
-                <PropagateLoader
-                    size="10px"
-                    loading={processing}
-                    aria-label="Loading Spinner"
-                    data-testid="loader"
-                />
+      <Box className="GenerateCandidate" sx={{ 
+        display: "flex", 
+        flexDirection: "column", 
+        flexGrow: 1, 
+        gap: 1, width: { xs: '100%', md: '700px', lg: '1024px' }
+        }}>
+        {user && <CandidateInfo 
+          sessionId={sessionId} 
+          user={user} 
+          sx={{flexShrink: 1}}/>
+        }
+        { prompt && 
+          <Box sx={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "column"}}>
+            <Box sx={{ fontSize: "0.5rem"}}>Persona prompt</Box>
+            <Box sx={{ fontWeight: "bold"}}>{prompt}</Box>
             </Box>
         }
+        {processing && 
+          <Box sx={{
+              display: "flex",
+              flexDirection: "column",
+              alignItems: "center",
+              justifyContent: "center",
+              m: 2,
+          }}>
+              { status && <Box sx={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "column"}}>
+                <Box sx={{ fontSize: "0.5rem"}}>Generation status</Box>
+                <Box sx={{ fontWeight: "bold"}}>{status}</Box>
+              </Box>}
+              <PropagateLoader
+                  size="10px"
+                  loading={processing}
+                  aria-label="Loading Spinner"
+                  data-testid="loader"
+              />
+          </Box>
+        }
         <Box sx={{display: "flex", flexDirection: "column"}}>
-                <Box sx={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "row", position: "relative" }}>
-                    <Box sx={{ display: "flex", position: "relative" }}>
-                        <Avatar
-                            src={user.has_profile ? `/api/u/${user.username}/profile/${sessionId}` : ''}
-                            alt={`${user.full_name}'s profile`}
-                            sx={{
-                                width: 80,
-                                height: 80,
-                                border: '2px solid #e0e0e0',
-                            }}
-                        />
-                        {processing && <Pulse sx={{ position: "relative", left: "-80px", top: "0px" }} timestamp={timestamp} />}
-                    </Box>
-                    <Tooltip title={"Generate Picture"}>
-                    <span style={{ display: "flex", flexGrow: 1 }}>
-                    <Button
-                        sx={{ m: 1, gap: 1, flexGrow: 1 }}
-                        variant="contained"
-                        disabled={sessionId === undefined || processing || !canGenImage}
-                                onClick={() => { setShouldGenerateProfile(true); }}>
-                                Generate Picture<SendIcon />
-                    </Button>
-                    </span>
-                </Tooltip>
+            <Box sx={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "row", position: "relative" }}>
+              <Box sx={{ display: "flex", position: "relative" }}>
+                <Avatar
+                    src={user.has_profile ? `/api/u/${user.username}/profile/${sessionId}` : ''}
+                    alt={`${user.full_name}'s profile`}
+                    sx={{
+                        width: 80,
+                        height: 80,
+                        border: '2px solid #e0e0e0',
+                    }}
+                />
+                {processing && <Pulse sx={{ position: "relative", left: "-80px", top: "0px" }} timestamp={timestamp} />}
+              </Box>
+              <Tooltip title={"Generate Picture"}>
+              <span style={{ display: "flex", flexGrow: 1 }}>
+              <Button
+                sx={{ m: 1, gap: 1, flexGrow: 1 }}
+                variant="contained"
+                disabled={sessionId === undefined || processing || !canGenImage}
+                  onClick={() => { setShouldGenerateProfile(true); }}>
+                  Generate Picture<SendIcon />
+              </Button>
+              </span>
+            </Tooltip>
             </Box>
         </Box>
-        { resume !== '' && <Paper sx={{pt: 1, pb: 1, pl: 2, pr: 2}}><Scrollable sx={{flexGrow: 1}}><StyledMarkdown  {...{content: resume, setSnack, sessionId, submitQuery}}/></Scrollable></Paper> }
+        { resume !== '' && 
+          <Paper sx={{pt: 1, pb: 1, pl: 2, pr: 2}}>
+            <Scrollable sx={{flexGrow: 1}}>
+                <StyledMarkdown  {...{content: resume, setSnack, sessionId, submitQuery}}/>
+            </Scrollable>
+          </Paper> }
         <BackstoryTextField
             style={{ flexGrow: 0, flexShrink: 1 }}
             ref={backstoryTextRef}
@@ -343,6 +368,7 @@ const GenerateCandidate = (props: BackstoryElementProps) => {
             </span>
           </Tooltip>          
         </Box>
+        <Box sx={{display: "flex", flexGrow: 1}}/>
         </Box>);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/utils/agents/persona_generator.py b/src/utils/agents/persona_generator.py
index 3729134..ad6de57 100644
--- a/src/utils/agents/persona_generator.py
+++ b/src/utils/agents/persona_generator.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import time
 import asyncio
 import time
 import os
+import random
+from names_dataset import NameDataset, NameWrapper # type: ignore
 
 from .base import Agent, agent_registry, LLMMessage
 from ..message import Message
@@ -42,6 +44,9 @@ emptyUser = {
     "first_name": "",
     "last_name": "",
     "full_name": "",
+    "email": "",
+    "phone": "",
+    "title": "",
     "contact_info": {},
     "questions": [],
 }
@@ -76,6 +81,9 @@ Provide all information in English ONLY, with no other commentary:
 "last_name": string,
 "description": string, # One to two sentence description of their job
 "location": string, # In the location, provide ALL of: City, State/Region, and Country
+"phone": string, # Location appropriate phone number with area code
+"email": string, # primary email address
+"title": string, # Job title of their current job
 }
 ```
 
@@ -107,6 +115,117 @@ Use that information to invent a full career resume. Include sections such as:
 Provide the resume in Markdown format. DO NOT provide any commentary before or after the resume.
 """
 
+class EthnicNameGenerator:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.nd = NameDataset()
+        
+        # US Census 2020 approximate ethnic distribution
+        self.ethnic_weights = {
+            'White': 0.576,
+            'Hispanic': 0.186,
+            'Black': 0.134,
+            'Asian': 0.062,
+            'Native American': 0.013,
+            'Pacific Islander': 0.003,
+            'Mixed/Other': 0.026
+        }
+        
+        # Map ethnicities to name origins/countries that approximate those populations
+        self.ethnic_name_mapping = {
+            'White': ['United States', 'United Kingdom', 'Germany', 'Ireland', 'Italy', 'Poland'],
+            'Hispanic': ['Mexico', 'Spain', 'Colombia', 'Peru', 'Argentina', 'Cuba', 'Puerto Rico'],
+            'Black': ['United States'],  # African American names
+            'Asian': ['China', 'India', 'Philippines', 'Vietnam', 'Korea', 'Japan'],
+            'Native American': ['United States'],  # Limited options in dataset
+            'Pacific Islander': ['United States'],  # Limited options in dataset
+            'Mixed/Other': ['United States']  # Default to US names
+        }
+    
+    def get_weighted_ethnicity(self):
+        """Select ethnicity based on US demographic weights"""
+        ethnicities = list(self.ethnic_weights.keys())
+        weights = list(self.ethnic_weights.values())
+        return random.choices(ethnicities, weights=weights)[0]
+    
+    def get_name_by_ethnicity(self, ethnicity, gender='random'):
+        """Generate a name based on ethnicity"""
+        if gender == 'random':
+            gender = random.choice(['Male', 'Female'])
+        
+        countries = self.ethnic_name_mapping.get(ethnicity, ['United States'])
+        
+        # Try to get names from the mapped countries
+        first_name = None
+        last_name = None
+        
+        for country in countries:
+            try:
+                # Get first names
+                if country in self.nd.first_names:
+                    country_first_names = self.nd.first_names[country]
+                    if gender.lower() in country_first_names:
+                        gender_names = country_first_names[gender.lower()]
+                        if gender_names:
+                            first_name = random.choice(gender_names)
+                            break
+                
+            except (KeyError, AttributeError):
+                continue
+        
+        # Fallback to US names if no ethnicity-specific name found
+        if not first_name:
+            try:
+                us_names = self.nd.first_names.get('United States', {})
+                gender_names = us_names.get(gender.lower(), [])
+                if gender_names:
+                    first_name = random.choice(gender_names)
+                else:
+                    # Ultimate fallback
+                    first_name = random.choice(['John', 'Jane', 'Michael', 'Sarah'])
+            except:
+                first_name = random.choice(['John', 'Jane', 'Michael', 'Sarah'])
+        
+        # Get last name
+        for country in countries:
+            try:
+                if country in self.nd.last_names and self.nd.last_names[country]:
+                    last_name = random.choice(self.nd.last_names[country])
+                    break
+            except (KeyError, AttributeError):
+                continue
+        
+        # Fallback for last name
+        if not last_name:
+            try:
+                us_last_names = self.nd.last_names.get('United States', [])
+                if us_last_names:
+                    last_name = random.choice(us_last_names)
+                else:
+                    last_name = random.choice(['Smith', 'Johnson', 'Williams', 'Brown'])
+            except:
+                last_name = random.choice(['Smith', 'Johnson', 'Williams', 'Brown'])
+        
+        return first_name, last_name, ethnicity, gender
+    
+    def generate_random_name(self, gender='random'):
+        """Generate a random name with ethnicity based on US demographics"""
+        ethnicity = self.get_weighted_ethnicity()
+        return self.get_name_by_ethnicity(ethnicity, gender)
+    
+    def generate_multiple_names(self, count=10, gender='random'):
+        """Generate multiple random names"""
+        names = []
+        for _ in range(count):
+            first, last, ethnicity, actual_gender = self.generate_random_name(gender)
+            names.append({
+                'full_name': f"{first} {last}",
+                'first_name': first,
+                'last_name': last,
+                'ethnicity': ethnicity,
+                'gender': actual_gender
+            })
+        return names
+
 class PersonaGenerator(Agent):
     agent_type: Literal["persona"] = "persona"  # type: ignore
     _agent_type: ClassVar[str] = agent_type  # Add this for registration
@@ -115,32 +234,19 @@ class PersonaGenerator(Agent):
     system_prompt: str = generate_persona_system_prompt
     age: int = Field(default_factory=lambda: random.randint(22, 67))
     gender: str = Field(default_factory=lambda: random.choice(["male", "female"]))
-    ethnicity: Literal[
-        "Asian", "African", "Caucasian", "Hispanic/Latino", "Mixed/Multiracial"
-    ] = Field(
-        default_factory=lambda: random.choices(
-            ["Asian", "African", "Caucasian", "Hispanic/Latino", "Mixed/Multiracial"],
-            weights=[57.69, 15.38, 19.23, 5.77, 1.92],
-            k=1
-        )[0]
-    )
     username: str = ""
+    first_name: str = ""
+    last_name: str = ""
+    ethnicity: str = ""
 
+    generator: Any = Field(default=EthnicNameGenerator(), exclude=True)
     llm: Any = Field(default=None, exclude=True)
     model: str = Field(default=None, exclude=True)
 
     def randomize(self):
         self.age = random.randint(22, 67)
-        self.gender = random.choice(["male", "female"])
         # Use random.choices with explicit type casting to satisfy Literal type
-        self.ethnicity = cast(
-            Literal["Asian", "African", "Caucasian", "Hispanic/Latino", "Mixed/Multiracial"],
-            random.choices(
-                ["Asian", "African", "Caucasian", "Hispanic/Latino", "Mixed/Multiracial"],
-                weights=[57.69, 15.38, 19.23, 5.77, 1.92],
-                k=1
-            )[0]
-        )
+        self.first_name, self.last_name, self.ethnicity, self.gender = self.generator.generate_random_name()
     
     async def prepare_message(self, message: Message) -> AsyncGenerator[Message, None]:
         logger.info(f"{self.agent_type} - {inspect.stack()[0].function}")
@@ -152,6 +258,8 @@ class PersonaGenerator(Agent):
         message.tunables.enable_rag = False
         message.tunables.enable_context = False
 
+        self.randomize()
+
         message.prompt = f"""\
 ```json
 {json.dumps({
@@ -260,7 +368,10 @@ class PersonaGenerator(Agent):
     "full_name": "{persona["full_name"]}",
     "location": "{persona["location"]}",
     "age": {persona["age"]},
-    "description": {persona["description"]}
+    "description": {persona["description"]},
+    "title": {persona["title"]},
+    "email": {persona["email"]},
+    "phone": {persona["phone"]}
 }}
 ```
 """