Being home schooled most of her life she didn't have a lot of experience in the world other then her job fixing cars since moving to America at the age of 6. So after finishing High School at the age of 16 joined the rookie ranks of S.T.A.R.S and slowly over the course of 2 years worked up to Head OPS team were she met Vergil Merdez, the Co-Captain of the Head OPS team, Renee Tyler and Chris Redfield all becoming her close friends.