Universe Differences
• no Stephen Walker
• no Alex Blake or Kate Callahan — Galina fills their spot, they were not part of the BAU
• Galina joined the BAU at the start of season 8 timeframe-wise-
Galina Anatolyevna Karimova
• born February 14, 1979
• parents are Lyudmila Karimova and Anatoly Karimov, who were respectively 17 and 18 when they had Galina
• brother Dmitri Karimov born December 4, 1985
• family immigrated from USSR in June 1986
• Galina graduated high school at age 15, in June 1994
• brother Maxim Karimov born May 1, 1999 (parents were 37 and 38)
• Galina grew up in Boston from 1986-1994 when she attended Johns Hopkins University and eventually received her PhD in forensic psychology (graduated December 2000)
• joined Interpol in March 2001, worked with Emily until Galina was assigned to infiltrate a Russian terrorist group in January 2003, around when Emily joined JTF
• Galina suffers from PTSD as well as depression and anxiety
• she does not drink
• she was with a child trafficking unit until she joined the BAU in 2012/13
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Fifty Ways to Love You - Emily Prentiss x OC
FanfictionGalina Karimova and Emily Prentiss worked together ages ago, at Interpol. During those roughly two years, Emily and Galina were best described as "colleagues with benefits". Around the time of Doyle, Galina also went undercover, and when she came o...