Hannah Sullivan

Dinah: "I don't think you should be here"

Hannah: "Probably not. I'll get back to you for an interview later."

Biography
Hannah Sullivan (born January 17th, 1989 in Boulder, Colorado) is an investigative reporter for the San Paro Times.

Early Life
Hannah, born as James, grew up as the youngest of the six Sullivan children in her hometown of Boulder in Colorado. Her childhood was mostly uneventful and typical of a Christian, mid-west family. By the onset of puberty, she started to feel wrong about her body. For a long time, she was unsure of who she was. Her parents were unimpressed when she approached them to ask, telling her that she was wrong to feel that way.

A long while later, in her late teens, Hannah began to look for information and options. She eventually found an online community that she became active in, and eventually met up with a few who lived close to her. They would encourage her to be herself as much as she could without bringing down the ire of her parents. Another one of her new friends, Lucas Hill, a well-off man from San Paro, would develop a close, almost father-daughter like relation with her. Close to her 18th birthday, he came up with a plan for her to get out of her environment and be able to live her life as she wanted.

Adult Life
At her graduation ceremony, Hannah finally came out in public. The present crowd remained silent, in shock and confusion, until Hannah walked of stage, leaving a long awkward break in the ceremony. Her teachers all but ignored her as she walked out of the building. By the time she had walked home, her parents were already waiting, wholeheartedly condemning her "stunt" at graduation, and demanding that she apologise to the school and the families of her classmates. Hannah instead told them that she was moving out. After a long and heated argument, Hannah had been kicked out of her home and disowned, with nothing to her name other than the clothes on her back and a few dollars in her pocket.

Hannah used the money she had to take a train to San Paro, where she met up with Lucas. Soon after, Hannah had started Hormone Replacement Therapy and legally changed her name, and finally enrolled in community college, majoring in photography and writing. After she received her degree, she started to look for work as a reporter, being hired by the San Paro Times.

Hanna would make waves in 2012 with a daring story on the potential legal implications of the CSA which had been the centre of media talk for years now. She would quickly follow up the story with a deep dive report into the criminal underbelly of San Paro, particularly into the Blood Roses. This put her at odds with the gang, and for a while kept of the grid until the heat was off her. The San Paro Times would instead offer Hannah a deal to publish her articles anonymously, or under a pseudonym, both offers she declined. Hannah instead developed strategies to use her articles to rile up the gangs against each other more than against her.

In 2015, Hannah started an investigation into Titan Security Solutions, a private security / military contractor operating out of Fort Nantego in San Paro. Her investigation started in response to one of their armed convoys gunning down two SPPD officers in what was officially described as "a misunderstanding" by TSS. During this investigation Hannah found evidence for dozens of accusations against the company, but she decided to hold back from publishing until she managed to tie the TSS board members directly to the actions. Hannah would also start to regularly run into Dinah Myles and SPPD detective Tony Lance, developing a good working relationship, and later a friendship with Dinah.

Personality
Hannah is an idealist. She believes that everyone can do the right thing, even when faced with evidence of the opposite, preferring to place the blame on environmental factors rather than personality. Hannah is completely devoted to her work, believing that it is her moral duty to bring the truth to light, not holding back for anything. She often takes on huge personal risks, and tends to overwork herself. If asked, she will state that there is nothing in the world she'd rather do.

Trivia

 * Hannah is left-handed.