Name:
Jade Scarlett Brooks

Nicknames:
N/A

Age:
24

Gender:
Female

Birth Date:
May 16th

Sign:
Taurus

Sexuality:
Homosexual

Ethnicity:
Irish & Mexican

Occupation:
She's a full time medical school student at Columbia University, with plans to eventually specialize in adolescent psychiatry. She also works as a shot girl 3 nights a week at a gentleman's club.

Minor:
Psychology

Childhood/Family Life:
Jade grew up in a suburb of Rhode Island with her parents, Alicia and Donovan Brooks, and her two older sisters, Elia and April. They were a family that fell into the middle class, living comfortable on Alicia's nursing salary, combined with Donovan's electrician salary, but not to an extent where they were living lavishly. The bills were paid with room for some extras, like a car for Jade when she passed her driver's test, and a yearly vacation, and since that was pretty aligned with the other people's lifestyles in their community, it was enough to make Jade happy. Growing up, she was pretty close to a tomboy. A lot of it had to do with how her parents had been wishing for a boy when they began their final pregnancy, and since they didn't get that, her father decided that Jade would be the closest thing to a son that he would have. It wasn't like she was masculinized or anything, but unlike her sisters, the first extracurricular activities that she was put into were sports, like soccer and basketball, over dance and gymnastics classes. Since she did so well in these sports, she never felt like she was missing out, and growing up with more guy friends than girl friends actually made her feel more comfortable with herself from a young age.

When her teenage years hit, she did a pretty good job at ignoring peer pressure, and the cattiness of her female peers, and continued to maintain her independent mindset. She focused on academics, her soccer career, and her good friends, and that was it. She definitely never fell into the popular clique, but she also wasn't grouped into the "loser" category, and honestly, she was quite content with falling somewhere in between. For her, all that meant was that she got to have real friendships with people, and wasn't constantly being pressured into being someone that she wasn't. During college, she grew into herself a bit more, after joining a sorority and discovering that it was okay to be different, and to not define yourself by one certain image. She had a lot of friends in college and did well, but her focus was always mainly on academics. She was a pre-med student, so she knew her grades were important, and luckily, her hard work paid off. Two years ago she was accepted into Columbia University's medical school program. Although Jade was blessed to have her parents pay her way through undergrad school, they simply could not afford the staggering price tag of Columbia. They're helping her with some of her living expenses when she needs it, but since enrolling in Columbia, Jade has had to take out tens of thousands of dollars a year from the government and private banks to cover her education, housing costs, and living expenses. She just hopes that becoming a doctor will actually make all of this worth it. She spent her first semester of school living uptown near Columbia with some schoolmates, before moving to 304 W 14th St. last January, almost a year ago.

Good personality traits:
Loyal, Intelligent, Active, Caring

Bad personality traits:
Reserved, Blunt, Strong-headed

Personality:
There's a big contrast in how people see Jade on a surface level, and how she is with certain people who she is close with. A lot of people label her as being cold and emotionless, and to an extent, it's not a lie. She doesn't pretend to be amused or interested in people, so if you're the kind of person who expects everyone to laugh at your jokes or pretend to care about the boring story you're telling, she probably isn't someone that you'll mesh with very well. She's honest, to a point that crosses over into being blunt, but she's not cruel unless she thinks that the person deserves it. She rarely offers harsh, unsolicited advice and she knows her place. Her intentions are rarely to make innocent people feel bad about themselves, but if someone pushes her, she also won't filter herself. One thing that she really does well at not doing, however, is gossiping. At least in the sense that she doesn't make up lies about people. If something is factual, and might just be something that the person preferred to remain private... well... then, that seems like fair game, if it's not someone who she owes her loyalty to. And when it comes to loyalty, Jade is good with that. The people who run in her inner circle are her best friends and she truly would do anything for a lot of them. Those are the people who see her softer side, the one that's nearly maternal. She tends to care too much about these people, and sometimes even refuses to acknowledge their flaws, just because she thinks that they're so perfect and special.

Most people that she knows now don't know it, but Jade definitely has a tomboy side that she never grew out of. This stems beyond just being athletic, because that isn't something that she tries to hide. She's physically fit and loves staying active, because not only is it good for her body, but for her mentally, too. She enjoys being busy and doesn't like lounging around and being lazy, even on the weekends or when she has no real commitments to attend to. She's very hands on with things, doesn't mind getting down and dirty, and actually prefers a more laid back style to the prim, proper and pretty one that so many girls think define how much of a woman they are. What's involved in that, though, is that Jade is very good at pretending. It's strange for her to realize, since growing up she was always an open book, and very comfortable with who she was. She's still comfortable with herself now... but at the same time, she feels like she needs to keep herself refined. She doesn't think she's giving everyone a watered down version of herself, but just that she's grown into this more watered down version of her old self. She's still the same fun loving girl that she was before, but now that side remains only for her friends' eyes. To everyone else, she prefers to remain closed off, and she's not completely sure why. A good guess would be that it's because she doesn't want to completely fall prey to being someone that she's not, and pretending to be someone just to be accepted by people who she doesn't even like, but she also knows that she wouldn't fit society's expectations, if she was that same rough and tough girl that she was, growing up.

Greatest joys in life:
Jade is really close with her dad, so her relationship with him is something that she really appreciates. She loves exercising and feeling "alive". Earning her own achievements is another thing that she prides herself in doing.

Greatest fears:
Being trapped in the seemingly endless amount of student loan debt she has scares her to death. She has an incredible fear of drowning, by being trapped in a boat or other object. She can swim and doesn't mind being in the water in that sense, but driving over bridges always freaks her out, as do boats in general. The root of the fear is dying without having any control over it.

Life philosophy:
"Love yourself so much that when someone treats you wrong, you recognize it."

Build:
5'5, 125 lbs

Hair Colour:
Brown

Eye Colour:
Brown

Distinguishing Marks:
Her ears are pierced and she wants a tattoo on her ankle, but doesn't have one yet.


Face Claim:
Lindsey Morgan