She is a diversity hire in a male dominated work and crime places she goes to for her job - this game is old school when it comes to females in positions of power, further more in position of authority - she is Christ a girl who is bullied and belittled for being a girl while she sacrifices her whole life for her uncle and her dear best friend soccer player - they are her family: she still needs her self preservation mechanisms to cope being the work place pet of her authoritarian uncle who is towering in charge of everyone she knows in her area and also survive her professor at the academy who told everyone she was his pet - you will get the idea when you meet him.
Christa is a bit over the top for an officer.
She sacrifices her body so she puts up this defense mechanism of ”spoiling” her flesh, like MC has been scarred by war torture, Christ a girl who is being harassed everywhere for being herself, she put marks on her skin to make herself feel protected and also deterr many of the goons coming on to her hard at work, at the academy and on the streets.
Seems like she did a good job to make you and some others be wary of treating her badly.