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Physical Description:
Sarissa has the black eyes of the Betazoids and the pronounced forehead and pointed ears of the Romulans, along with green blood. She has long straight black hair and slightly darker skin than the norm. She normally wears her hair in a formal bun to keep it out of her way and has been known to wear it in a ponytail if rushed.
She normally wears her uniform on duty, but sometimes wears an approved dress if she wants to feel less constricted.
Like many half-Betazoids, she is an empath, but to a slightly lesser extent due to her Romulan heritage. She can detect particularly strong emotions, but not underlying emotions that have been buried deep.
Off-duty, Sarissa can be seen in a variety of clothes, many of which include dresses and skirts. She tries not to wear pants off-duty because she feels they're too constricting.

Family & Personal History:
Sarissa's parents, Lareia Colvem and Havein tr'Kaveth, had one other child besides her. She is very protective of her younger brother, Elien. He was born partially deaf and wear visible hearing aids due to his young age, and is consequently bullied by some fellow students.
Lareia and Havein moved from their previous jobs in the diplomatic services of their respective governments to Vulcan, where Lareia found a job as a foreign diplomacy professor at the Vulcan Science Academy and Havein became an unofficial ambassador to the Unification movement on Romulus before Sarissa was born.
Sarissa and Elien were raised in Shi'Kahr and Elien wasn't even born yet when Romulus and Remus were destroyed. After the destruction, Havein and Lareia left for a short time to help with the refugees and returned with Elien, a Romulan baby who's parents died on the cargo ship they were fleeing in. Sarissa was hesitant of accepting him at first but eventually welcomed him with open arms.
She began attending the VSA to recieve her degree in psychology at 23, but after a year chose to transfer to Starfleet Academy to finish her degree.

Educational History:
After transferring to Starfleet Academy, Sarissa started taking a full course load and almost failed her first year there and would have if one of her professors hadn't coached her through her engineering and science classes.
She did the best in her psychology and medical courses, along with her piloting classes. However, she did poorly at tactical, command, engineering, and science courses. While she is a poor command officer, she wasn't afraid to take charge in her tests and gently remind classmates of the purpose of the assignment.

Medical History:
Her medical file is relatively standardized for a hybrid of her nature, but that very same nature has also given her the inability to have children.