Helen Beal: Difference between revisions

# '''2357''': In the span of a single year, Marcus Beal and Brigitte Moreau meet, marry, and welcome a daughter: he an American-born artist, teaching abroad in France, and she an art student in Paris.  Helen Beal, who would be their only child, is born in Normandy and remains in France until the age of twelve, when the family moves to California, USA, where Marcus continues to teach and Brigitte pursues a career in art therapy.

# '''2362 - 2374''': First in France, then in America, Helen attends primary and secondary schooling, excelling in art, literature and composition, and the game of lacrosse.

# '''237405.20''': Helen Beal marries her high school sweetheart, David Lithgow, days before their graduation ceremony.  She takes on his surname.  David is the son of Ronald Lithgow, owner of over twenty restaurants on the West Coast.  He enters the family business.  

# '''2375 - 2376''': Helen studies fine art, under the direction of Samuel Nathans, a friend of her father.  When Samuel professes his love, Helen spurns him and leaves, but tells no one.

# '''2377''': Proving herself to be her mother's daughter, Helen takes up the study of psychology.

# '''237808.12''': David is discovered to be having an affair with a student.  Helen returns to the home of her parents and files for divorce six months later.  She also legally returns to her maiden name.

# '''2380''': Helen Beal, now with a licence in psychology, applies and is accepted by Starfleet Academy, where she continues this study.  She specializes in anxiety and stress management.

 

 

# '''238605.31''': Helen graduates from the Academy, and is assigned to Starbase 118 Ops as a Counselor.