so! basically she's 31, a redwood native, and currently working as a psychologist who specializes in the treatment of patients with ptsd. the bulk of her practice is veterans, but there's also a lot of firefighters, cops, first responders, assault victims, etc. when she was younger she was kind of overweight in comparison to most girls, had boobs that were way too big for her body, and just was liked for all the wrong reasons by boys. which doesn't matter because she went away to university, slimmed down, evened out, and got a doctorate. she came back to redwood after that and has been steadily growing her practice, which takes its toll on her since she has to be ready to be a therapist at the drop of a hat 24/7. it's led to some low-key alcoholism that she's totally in denial about, and a lot of self-distraction techniques because her going to her own therapist is not enough to deal with all the stuff she deals with. so she's outside whenever she's not at home cooking or entertaining!