- Sandy Lee comes from a wealthy family in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her father is a respected professor at Harvard University, indicating their high social status.
- She attends the elite private school Buckingham, and gets accepted to the prestigious Brandeis University, showing her family's financial means to provide a top-tier education.
- Despite coming from an affluent background, Sandy feels like an outsider in her upper-class community and rebels against the expectations of her social position.