is that monica raymund? of course not, that’s ELENA SLOAN-WILLIAMS, a thirty five year old CATALYST who works at CASTLEPORT FIREHOUSE as a paramedic. her friends say she’s CONTROLLING, but also describe her as PASSIONATE.
elena penelope sloan was born in new york city on march 4th 1977 to people who really weren’t ever meant to be parents. her father had an affair with her mother which ended up ruining his marriage, which didn’t bode well for either of them. her mother was cold and callous while the young girl was growing up and was never really much of a mother figure. her father really wanted nothing to do with having another child, but tried what was his best at being a father. living with her mother got worse as she got older and she moved out as soon as she could. when she was a teenager, elena knew that she really wasn’t wanted at home so she spent most nights at her girlfriend’s kate’s house.
senior year of high school elena and her girlfriend kate got hit by a drunk driver. elena ended up with a broken leg and arm, but kate wasn’t so lucky. by the time the firefighters and paramedics had gotten her out of the car and to the hospital they found a bleed in her brain. they rushed her into surgery, but in the end the bleed was too much and she ended up stroking out on the table. between the car accident, losing the one person who cared about her elena had a hard time finishing her senior year. she had nightmares reliving the crash, extreme anxiety while trying to get in the car and drive to school or anywhere. she started seeing a therapist who helped her get through everyday and learn that what she was feeling was normal.
moving out of new york was one of the hardest things elena did since it was the last reminder she had of kate, but she couldn’t stay close to her parents. she packed her bags and moved to boston. college came and went without any difficulties except dealing with trying to keep her head on straight and push through all the nightmares. once she graduated from boston university, elena got accepted to harvard medical school and couldn’t wait to pursue her career in medicine even further. after graduating from medical school, elena accepted a residency position at new york presbyterian hospital. it was far enough away from her parents and she was back in her home state where she loved being. during her second year of residency is when she met her future husband lucas williams. things slowly blossomed between the two of them over the course of a few months and then they got engaged.
six months later in 2003, they had a small wedding with his family and a few friends. elena didn’t invite her parents because she knew they wouldn’t approve. elena and lucas got married in a small wedding with just a few family and friends present.
a few months later, is when elena met her half-brother mark sloan. at first it was hard to believe for the brunette that she had a half brother out there that she had never been told about, but then she thought about who her parents were and realized that over the years they liked to keep many secrets.
mark and elena had started catching up on lost time. getting to know each other, while working in the same hospital in new york. until mark, decided to move to seattle in 2006. mark had made a joke that when he finally settled down in seattle, that elena should come join him there. the brunette never really took it seriously until a few years later. elena was offered head of neurosurgery at the same hospital mark was working at and she made the move to seattle. little did she know, that a few years down the road mark would be involved in a devastating plane crash where he lost his life. elena was besides herself, losing not only her brother but also her best friend. thankfully, she and lucas both agreed it would be a good time to start over somewhere new and decided to get move to a small town. after realizing there was nothing left for her in seattle, elena decided she wanted to move to crestmont where she found it peaceful.