​“ Korean / her native language/ fluent

  english / she learned some from watching american TV shows : basic

• comedic! i love to make you laugh : Mahri loves a good laugh. She's funny and easy going in a way that makes you want to be around her. she's loud and inappropriate at times, but not everyone's perfect and that is a flaw that gets on peoples nerves. she doesn't know when to quiet down. that won't stop her though, as long as people are laughing, why should she stop?
• Loud! well it comes from my family: mahri has 7 brothers. she's the youngest of 7 so growing up was a bit of a pain. she had to always scream and shout to be noticed. growing up in an environment like that stuck with her. if you're in a room with her, you can pick her out anywhere because her voice booms. the more animated she gets, the louder she talks. it's even worse whens he's on the phone with her family as they're the main catalysts.
• SAD (season affective disorder)! Even the funniest of people have flaws: When mahri was 7 years old, she started to feel different. She felt a change in her mood and outlook. to a child, that's really scary especially as you have no idea why you suddenly lash out. She was diagnosed with a disorder where depression comes about related to the changes of the seasons. it begins and ends about the same time every year. for mahri, it starts in the fall and ends after winter, like clockwork every year. that's why she's funny and loud so that it covers up and diverts her disorder from the attention of the world. its really hard to control but mahri is determined to live normally. she won't let her biggest flaw affect her. when the onset happens she can immediately feel her energy and mood being zapped. 

• mahri has a HUGE family. and by huge, i mean she's the youngest of 7. her parents had always wanted a big family, so the thought of stopping never crossed their minds. when mahri was finally born, her mothers body had become weak from the many pregnancies and was forced to stop having kids, making mahri the youngest.
• growing up was a challenge for mahri. she had seven older brothers, all of whom could push her around. not that they were mean to her, but being the only girl in the family, bathroom time was really hard to covet. she was a bit of a tomboy until she entered high school when she finally made a friend that had some fashion sense. 
• because mahri was the yongest of 7, you would think she would have been paid the most attention to, but that wasn't true at all. being the yongest, she was often times forgotten and had to yell or do something crazy to get their attention. it's why she's so loud now. because of the lack of attention, mahri started to rebel. she skipped classes, started to get into trouble with drugs and alcohol, and trespassing. she even got a tattoo of a ball and chain on her right shoulder one night when she was drunk. it also happened to be the turning point in her life.
• that summer, her father was diagnosed with lung cancer. mahri was devastated. she prayed to any god that would listen, promised to behave and do good if her father could live. She promised to be the daughter they deserved if God could save her father. she changed that year at school. she dyed her hair back to it's natural black color, took out all her piercings except for her ear and belly ring, and even joined show choir because of her voice. she ditched her deadbeat friends and started to make ones in her new club. 
• despite making all these changes, her father did not survive the cancer. mahri was angry for a long time afterwards. if it wasn't for the amazing friends she had in show choir to keep her straight she couldn't even imagine where she'd be right now. the tattoo she got that night served as a reminder. a reminder to never go back to that lifestyle.