Matona used to live in Denver Colorado before the attacks on her city started. She was formerly a ER doctor working the night shift, happily married to a Microbiology Professor from the local university. When the attacks started, she was unable to find her husband in the rubble until it was too late. She moved her children in with her mother in law north to rural Manitoba where the attacks seemed to avoid, and went to work for the United Nations of the world. She quickly rose the ranks of field operations and her talents for approaching the abnormal with creativity was noted by her superiors elevating her to the rank of Captain. After she was able to rotate out, she found a lack of purpose, and found herself opting into anything profoundly unusal.
Her money mostly comes from her husband's life insurance policy. The University gave her a sizable portion of his pension and the US military continues to pay her wage, knowing her attending their mercenary missions usually has the most optimal outcome. However most of her money is then sent back to her Mother in Law to ensure her two children have the most optimal upbringing. Men usually fawn over Matty, however her heart was lost the day the monsters came to her city. She's been offered several lucrative financial options, however each time they turn out to be the same grabby hand misers, that just want her for her deft fingers and brain.