Aja is portrayed as a tomboy who could still express her femininity at times. She was the first orphaned (or foster) girl to live with the Benton family ever since her parents died when she was a 12-year old little girl. She can be very sensitive, and could sometimes make unwarranted assumptions on that basis. For example, in "Britrock," she mistook Stormer for Craig's wife, then ran off feeling betrayed and not wanting to see him again.