Aleksandra Ferrari was orphaned at age fourteen. Her parents had been wonderful, her aunt and uncle are horrid human beings who treated her like a free baby sitter whose inheritance they were stealing. In her ancestry were found blond Russians and blond Italians, thus her name. She was tall rapidly heading into very tall territory, had sea-green eyes and very curly white blond hair. When she lost her part-time job at Starbucks she looked for an after-school job that would provide her with money for school lunches and used clothing. She answered and ad as a model, had zero experience but she was tall, beautiful and not a stick, so the studio hired her. Shortly thereafter, her uncle sent his wife and children off for an evening and waited for his niece to walk home from work.Aleksandra knew about the term 'death ground', and she fought back, survived the ordeal, only to be presented with a new one - she wasn't sixteen, her trust fund was largely spent, and now her aunt and uncle were both in jail. She worked to become emancipated, continued to walk to school and on weekends she modeled, finding some photographers thought modeling beach clothing meant a little sand, no clothing..One day, still fifteen, she was invited to audition for a role in a Disney film. She didn't get it, thought she was horrid, but she hated losing, so she enrolled in an acting school, continued modeling and working out.This is Alek's story, one of a young girl who is beset by crises and crises, and never stops trying to be the best human being, soccer player, model, surfer and actress she can be. That just leaves one area of her life - she is an orphan in a cold world.