She has been an active member of PEN International since 1986[1] and helped found the organization's Women Writers Committee in 1991.
Lucina represents PEN International at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
[2] Kathmann's writing is mainly about women, their struggles and accomplishments, their suppression and their extraordinary contributions to freedom and to literature.
In 1989, her novel, The Adventures of the Magnificent Kong and Brawny Mouse was published by Liberty Press and later came out on special tapes for the blind.
Throughout the nineties, Kathmann published essays, poetry, translations and children's stories in a variety of magazines, anthologies, and other venues.