VANESSA SANCHEZ (Lindsey Morgan | She/Her pronouns) is the twenty-eight year old daughter of a Mexican-American family based out of California. After displaying some unusual hyperactive behaviors as a toddler, Vanessa was incorrectly diagnosed with ADHD. After several years, this was resolved to ASPERGER’S SYNDROME, which was later absorbed into a diagnosis within AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.
Despite an essentially neurotypical development, Vanessa struggled socially. Her parents, though supportive, hoped to have their daughter adjust to their highly sociable life. Much of her childhood and adolescence was spent amongst psychologists in cognitive-behavioral therapy, social skills training therapy, and group counseling. Vanessa’s keen intellect and interest in science and technology further set her aside from her peers, though this did not bother her. With the encouragement of various therapists, her parents were supportive of her intense interests in the field of math and science. They worked tirelessly to afford tuition for an engineering-based high school, which later led to Vanessa gaining a scholarship to pursue mechanical engineering at the collegiate level. When she graduated, she worked for some time near home, but found that her employment did not challenge her as much as she wanted. She sent out a high volume of applications, and eventually heard back from a research team in Manhattan who wanted her to join their work. In the face of the protests of her family, who thought she would be more comfortable surrounded by familiarity, she left.
Though she remains uncomfortable in large social situations and occasionally struggles with social cues, she’s become good at FIGURING OUT WHAT PEOPLE WANT FROM HER. In reality, she just PREFERS THE QUIET. She occupies a small apartment across the hall from SEAN COBALT, who is one of few acquaintances she has made in Manhattan. While research is her main interest, she is additionally employed within a Manhattan-based construction company to do practical engineering work.
PERSONALITY TRAITS:
+ ➝ Intellectual, kind, forthright.
+/- ➝ Introverted, determined, self-conscious.
- ➝ Unsociable, compulsive, reactive.
ARCHETYPE: “The Beautiful Mind;” “The Engineer”
