Dita Cassandra DeSantis

Full Legal Name: Dita Cassandra DeSantis (Ortiz)
Partner: Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz
Ethnicity: Half-Italian
DOB: February 15 (Three years younger than Juice)
Astrological Sign: Aquarius

City of Birth: Chicago, Ill
Lived: Little Italy, Ill
Indian Hills, NV
Charming, CA

Background: Dita was born in Chicago, Ill to her Italian immigrant father, Theo DeSantis and her mother Leah Steele-DeSantis. Dita's father ran a machine shop on the west side of Little Italy while her mother was a homemaker. Dita is oldest of the four children, Theo Jr., Joan, and Corrine "Corrie" (Adopted sister; whom she is has a very strong bond with).

Dita's mother died of stage four ovarian cancer when Dita was fourteen-years-old, which made the need for Dita to take charge of the small row house full of kids. Besides school, Dita took responsibility of cooking, cleaning, and mothering her siblings. When Dita turned 16, the family went through the worst of their financial hardship. It was then Dita put her love of coding and computer science to use; doing small hacks, surveillance upgrades for wise guys and dirty execs around Chicago. Every penny she earned went right back to her family.

Even though she played dirty, she managed to graduate top of her high school class. She had been offered scholarships, but felt compelled to stay close to her family despite her father's wishes.

As Dita's undercover hacks grew with popularity, so did her list of enemies. It was after one particular hack against the Chicago chapter of Hell's Angels that got Dita roughed up; badly to put her in the hospital for a month , but this still didn't stop Dita from hacking. In fear that she'd get hurt or murdered. Her father begged her to uproot and lay low. This led her to the west coast where she got involved with Sons Charters. She still remains close to her family and often sends money.

Work History: Dita mostly does freelance work involving encryptions, hacking, surveillance, background checks, and communication tactics. Her specialties are coding and documentation fabrication; minimum is around $5k a job.
To keep an legitimate front, Dita has had full-time jobs; ranging from IT specialist on the Geek Squad (a thing Juice jokes about a lot) to waitressing. Her most recent job is at Unser Shipping where she is accounts receivable; thus giving her an easy 'in' on shipments coming and going.

Personality: Dita is very loyal; mirroring Juice in that sense. You can say whatever you want about her, but beware when it comes to her family and friends.
Tying to her loyalty, she is very maternal due to raising her siblings.
Dita tends to look at things with an open mind; looking at the gray while Juice is very logical; looking at the black and white. She is very passionate and creative; outspoken.

Physical Attributes:
Faceclaim: Kat Dennings - Mid-length jet black hair, jade green eyes (doe shaped w/ long black lashes that she gets compliments on all the time), lip ring.
Tattoos: "Hear No Evil" - Script by shell of left ear, Sleeping Beauty sleeve on upper left arm, "only this and nothing more" on right best bone, Juice's Crow on left breast bone, "If it weren't for tthe darkness, we'd never see the stars" (6 stars flanking quote representing her parents, siblings, and Juice), "Dita" on nape of neck, cherry blossom branch down her right side, Anarchy symbol on her right wrist, "Love" on her left wrist, Absinthe fairy on her right shoulder, Memorial tattoo sleeve on her right upper arm for her mom.

Quirks:
-When it's hot, she lays around the house in her bikini bottoms.
-She loves trying different kinds of teas.
-Loves a good PB&J milkshake.
-When she is really depressed, she gets a tattoo.
-She likes vinyl over MP3; she will often hack e-bay to score rare records.
-She is a cuddler and when she sleeps with Juice she tends to rub her feet against his...luckily her feet are rather cute,

Strengths:
-Tech Savvy
-Open-minded
-Driven
-Outspoken
-Loyal

Weaknesses:
-Self-doubting at ties
-Too mouthy at times
-Can think irrationally
-Trust issues

Style: Vintage/Punk