Hanna's mother says that she is a positive and optimistic girl. She is also responsible. Hanna believes that she has a good sense of humor. She considers herself to be open-minded and her friends say she is nice, smart and easy to approach.

Hanna has a younger pre-teen sister with whom she is very close. She would do best in an active but supportive family, as she has had limited independence. Hanna's mother was an AFS student in the U.S. in the mid-1980s.