she's a late-in-life only child to her parents; her mom is a doctor, her dad is a professor, and she grew up in a very open and accepting environment in a new jersey suburb. she moved to nyc for college and is a classically trained singer, eventually got bit chorus roles on broadway, and transitioned to being a standby understudy as jenna in waitress. she met her now ex while he was the lead male role and kind of watched from the shadows as his career took off and she never got a chance in the spotlight. a job offer took them to portland and her resentment sort of bubbled over and culminated in an epic fight for the ages that resulted in them canceling their wedding like a week before they were set to get married. that's really the first time in her life that she's been challenged, when she was forced to find her own place and try to exist in a city by herself with her family begging her to go back to the east coast. dev eventually got her own place and started her own little business as a vocal coach. she sings at a restaurant on weekends and works as a wedding singer while accompanying acha from time to time to make ends meet because she doesn't want to rely on her parents forever. she's extremely outgoing, a little bit flaky, super stubborn, and can be extremely petty. overall, she typically means well, but is self aware enough to know that she still has a lot of growing up to do and is completely imperfect and maaaaaaybe has a little bit of a crazy streak from time to time.