[1] Santana Lopez

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Brittany has always been a happy child, her whole life she was laughing and smiling and dancing.
Some of her earliest memories are of adults, teachers mostly. Calling her stupid it went on for years and now at 17 she isn't that happy kid anymore.

Santana grew up on the "wrong side of the tracks" also known as Lima Heights Adjacent.
She would get into fights to show that she wasn't weak or to be messed with. Because of fighting like this at a young age it warped her sense of empathy which ultimately landed her the same place as Brittany.... Lima's MH.