Editing Kaitlyn Mackenzie (section)

===Pre-Starfleet===

Born in Sacramento, California, Earth, Kaitlyn was a lone child with no other siblings.  Her mother, Claudia Mackenzie (Wells), taught in medical for many years at the Academy.  Her father, Richard Mackenzie, taught quantum theory at the Academy and still currently is.  

While growing up, it was hard on Kaitlyn as both her parents were always busy with teaching at the Academy.  For the most part, Kaitlyn lead life as any other normal school child would….making friends, going to school, and eventually working as she got older.  However, when she was just 8 years old, her parents got a divorce and went their separate ways.  Still continuing to see both of her parents, Kaitlyn did this until she was she was old enough to move out of her mother’s house and on her own.  

While on her own at just 17 years old, Kaitlyn worked part time as a dance instructor and went to school part time until she graduated at 18.  Not sure what she wanted to do in life, her next part time job would quickly become working at her mother’s side.  Claudia needing the extra help and now moving onto being an active nurse (instead of teaching), she asked Kaitlyn to help out around the facility.  In doing so, it didn’t take Kaitlyn long to figure out what she wanted to do with the rest of her life.  


At the age of 19 Kaitlyn applied to Starfleet Academy and was accepted into a medical major program.  She spent her first four years going through basic classes, mostly prerequisites to the program.  Her finishing years at the Academy would consist of everything she needed to know about her major, as well as making new friends that would later serve with her.