DR. ISOBEL 'IZZIE' STEVENS

Izzie grew up in nearby Chehalis, Washington living in a trailer park with her mother, who nicknamed her "Cricket". Izzie worked
as a waitress as a teenager and had savings for college, but her mother spent all of their money calling psychics, so Izzie ended
up paying the vast majority of their bills with her own money. This caused their estranged relationship. At 16, she gave birth to a
daughter whom she subsequently gave up for adoption. When Izzie turned 18, she left home and never looked back. Her
daughter was adopted by a presumably upper-class family that once lived in Santa Barbara, but has since moved. The daughter
was named Hannah by the adoptive parents, but Izzie states that she named her Sarah for herself. Izzie donated bone marrow
to save Hannah, who was suffering from leukemia. Izzie paid her way through medical school at University of Washington as a
lingerie model for a fictional lingerie company called Bethany Whisper (a play off Victoria's Secret). She also worked as a
candy-striper before her arrival at Seattle Grace.