Karina Kirkland

Karina Kirkland is a character on the TV Generation drama series, Our Lives.

She is the eldest daughter of Andrea Watkins-Samuels and her first husband, Jason Watkins.

Karina works as a lyrical and contemporary dance instructor and as the studio manager at the K-Stars Dance Studio in Oakridge, Illinois.

Early Life
Karina was born on June 5, 1994 in Oakridge, Illinois at 8:15 a.m. at 37 weeks gestation. She is the first daughter of Andrea and her first husband, Jason. She was conceived around September of 1993. Her older brother, Connor was 16 months old when she was born.

One of her best friends, Bradley Harris was born a week after her. As a baby, Karina was diagnosed with asthma and at one point, she was briefly hospitalized after suffering from an asthma attack due to RSV. She attended Sunnyview Nursery School (later named the Sunnyview Learning Center) and Ridgeway Elementary School. She began taking dance classes when she was 3 ½-years old at Roxanne Emerson's dance studio.

In August of 2004 (almost a month after Haylie's birth), Jason was killed in a car accident caused by a drunk driver when Karina was 10 years old. At Jason's funeral, Andrea reunites with her former boyfriend, Mitch Samuels, who attends the service with his parents. At the time, Mitch was divorced from his wife, Jasmine and living in Mount Larkin, Illinois.

After Jason's funeral, Mitch offers to help Andrea out with her children which rekindles their relationship and they start dating each other during the summer of 2005.

The day before Valentine's Day in 2006, Mitch proposed to Andrea which she accepted. They later moved into a new house together with their children.

Trivia

 * She and Connor were born 16 months apart.