When Lisandra Micheli was younger, she wanted to be an astronaut. Then a ballerina. Then a rapper. It wasn't until she was older and in high school that she realized she wanted to be a journalist. The school newspaper got to her first. She was reporting on the mundane tasks of the school, and soon she wanted to bring more 'class' to the high school paper. When that wasn't enough, she took an internship at the Boston Globe. When that wasn't enough, she got into college, going to Emerson College in Boston and started on her bachelor degree in journalism. Lisandra Micheli was going to be the next big thing in journalism. She was going to break all the latest news stories. She was going to force herself to try to take interest in things that didn't particularly interest her, because she knew she could get more recognition that way. Lisandra has always been described as ambitious and determined, and this was no different. Lisandra Micheli was going to be the best damn journalist the world had ever seen.
That was until she realized that she hated reporting on world news after a while. She got restless easily, and sitting behind a desk for the rest of her life didn't seem like an ideal way to spend her time. So she started to hunt around for jobs to see what she could do. Her aunt had let her know about an internship in New York City, and had set up an interview for Lisandra, so of course Lisandra decided to take a chance. She got on the next plane to New York, and set on her way to try to become a party planner. (Hey, it was a living.)
But of course, that doesn't mean that things always go how they're supposed to go. Coming back from her interview in New York, she was attacked by an mugger. Lisandra fought back and managed to keep her things with her, and got the man into a bit of trouble himself, but she hated just how scared the whole thing had made her. This caused a complete change in career for her - instead of going in the way of...well whatever it was she had her heart set on at the moment, Lisandra moved back home to Boston and get a new degree - a degree in criminal justice, and a job as a police officer. So in 1996, Lisandra was getting her degree in Criminal Justice, while training to be a police officer. She entered the police academy, completely giving herself over to the training and making sure she could learn everything she could -- she vowed that she would never be caught off guard or almost harmed ever again. She wanted people to fear her.
She trained hard for the police academy, and three years later in 1999 she ended up graduating at the top of her class - and was given two options. She could work as a Massachusetts State Trooper, or (and this was unheard of) she could join the CIA. While staying home seemed like a good idea at the time, it wasn't every day that people were given a position at the CIA, and so she jumped at the chance at joining one of the highest government agencies. Lisandra happily accepted a life of secrets and lies, and relocated to Langley where she continued her training.
Moving to the Washington, DC area, Lisandra became a field officer at first, and took her duty seriously. She moved up the ranks, soon being considered one of the top agents, and was viewed as highly dependable, and ended up doing more for her country than she had ever imagined doing. Some of the things she did were good. Others...well technically she had permission from the government to do her job, but if she didn't learn how to get those thoughts out of her head, she'd never learn to be happy. Lisandra became rather ruthless in her job and soon started taking jobs in Counterintelligence Center Analysis Group and the Information Operations Center Analysis Group within the Agency. She was sought after for her intelligence, her ruthlessness, and most importantly, her secrecy.
Being one of the sought after agents, she climbed up high, and the higher she climbed in the corporate ladder of the CIA, the more red tape she seemed to run across. She was starting to grow frustrated, and she was starting to feel like she was throwing her skills away. Her supervisor suggested that she take a break and go home to Boston for a while, and that was exactly what she did. She planned to go home, relax, see her family, and come back to work refreshed. But of course, fate had another plan.
In 2004 while visiting her friends in Back Bay, she was invited to go out to an exclusive nightclub opening, where the best of the best of Boston would be partying all night. That night, while she was dancing with her friends, she had caught the eye of billionaire and bachelor August Bergmen. He invited her up to his VIP section, and while it made her roll her eyes (because attractive or not, she was so not interested), she agreed and headed that way anyway. As she did so, a man and woman walked in front of her and pulled out a gun on August - Lisandra without even thinking jumped into action. She knocked the man down on his knees and punched the woman in the cheek, kicking the gun away and immediately snapped into agent mode, using her work phone to call for backup. As she questioned August to find out who he thought was trying to kill him, he ended up trying his best to flatter her -- and to get her to work for him instead.
It wasn't an offer Lisandra originally took, but she agreed to stay in the city while they figured out who had tried to kill the billionaire -- it seemed to just be a woman scored and her brother helping her. But August practically begging her to work for him (Which she had to admit was a weird sight to see) she finally caved. While she had loved her CIA job, the red tape was getting to be too much for her, and she was happy to leave that life behind. The idea of waking up and going to a job where she wouldn't possibly feel guilt was a good choice for her. So, Lisandra went back to Langley to hand in her resignation at the CIA, and finally accepted the position to work in the private sector. By the time 2005, August had named Lisandra the Chief Security Officer of Bergmen Industries.
Working in the private sector wasn't as exciting as working for the CIA, but it was a life she was far more happier with - for one she could finally get the tattoos that she wanted to, something she couldn't do while she worked for the government. She even started to date around, and found herself dating various people who were all wrong for her (and sometimes too young for her). After a while, she had started to grow close to August, spending time working out his personal security, and eventually spending time with him grabbing a beer after hours, or teasing him about the various horrible dates he had been on. Little did she know she was falling in love, and when she finally realized she was in love with him, it hit her like a ton of bricks. They tried to keep it physical at first, but it didn't last - August proposed in Summer 2008, and Lisandra accepted.
And apparently, it had hit him like bricks as well -- once the two grew a pair large enough to make them both admit their feelings, they moved rather quickly. They moved in together and got engaged - and on July 31, 2008 were married in Italy. They welcomed their first child Olivia into the world in September 2009 and have been a happy little family ever since. Now their daughter is 7 years old and growing like a weed every day, and the three of them have a happy little dynamic going, with all the love, laughter, and robots running around that anyone could ask for.
Maria was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother died during childbirth, something her father always resented her for. When she grew older she joined the armed forces then went on to join S.H.I.E.L.D. Maria Hill was elected into the Directorate position by the President after Nick Fury went AWOL at the end of Secret War. Though there were others more suited for the position, Maria was chosen for not being a "Fury Loyalist" (Which was seen as highly unfavorable).
