Iris entered foster care alongside her two sisters after their mother passed away suddenly in her sleep. With their father not in the picture, the girls faced the months after her passing in a haze of grief and confusion as they entered the system together. Iris and her younger sister were later placed out of state with a paternal cousin they'd never met, and while she's grateful to be with family, she's struggling with being separated from her older sister, who stayed behind in San Diego to finish her senior year. Iris loves to swim, is taking diving lessons, and recently won her class spelling bee, something she's incredibly proud of.