Sabrina Santiago

Teresa Castillo

Sabrina is a registered nurse at General Hospital, and the mother of Eduardo Rivera. After four years in Port Charles, she was thought to have been murdered by Paul Hornsby, but in truth had been smuggled out of the country by her ex-husband. After almost two years with Carlos in Puerto Rico, Sabrina finally made her way back to Port Charles to pick up her life where it left off.

## First Time in Port Charles

Sabrina first arrived in Port Charles in 2012 as a nursing student for General Hospital. Young, naive, and meek, she had trouble speaking up and being honest with herself as well as those around her.

When she first met Patrick Drake, it was love at first sight... on her part. After a couple hundred bumps in the road, the two eventually began a relationship. Their romance was sweet and genuine, even leading up to a proposal from Patrick, but their relationship hit a brick wall when Robin came back to Port Charles, revealed to not be as dead as everyone thought. She knew in that very moment that Patrick would choose Robin, and he did.

Heartbroken, Sabrina tried to move on. With Carlos Rivera in town, an ex-boyfriend of hers, it was made a little easier until the moment she turned up pregnant. Not having slept with Carlos, Sabrina knew that the baby was Patrick's, but Carlos offered to step in and raise the child on his own. Worried that her pregnancy would come off as her trying to interfere with Robin and Patrick's relationship, she eventually agreed to say that her child was his.

This lie didn't last long, as Elizabeth Webber, Sabrina's friend and Patrick's best friend, overheard the truth about the baby's paternity. She encouraged Sabrina to tell Patrick the truth, and with an already guilty conscience, Sabrina agrees. Patrick is initially upset over her lie, but the two of them eventually agree on an amiable co-parenting relationship.

Tragedy strikes about fifteen weeks before Sabrina's due date. She, Patrick, and Emma are run off the road during a car accident, in which Sabrina starts going into labor. Patrick delivers the baby, and Sabrina promptly passes out afterward. The two are rushed to the ER, where Sabrina is stable, but their son, who they name Gabriel in honor of Sabrina's mother, is in critical condition. Despite a few positive changes in his vitals, Patrick and Sabrina's son passes away less than two months later, after his organs fail.

Devastated, Sabrina leaves Port Charles to recover with her father in Puerto Rico. She returns a few months later, and soon ends up with a job after Michael Corinthos hires her to be Avery Jerome's nanny. The two of them grow closer over the time they spend together, and develop feelings for each other. They soon begin a sweet and slow relationship, one that speeds up faster than intended when Sabrina realizes she's pregnant again. A week before her and Michael got together, Sabrina slept with Carlos Rivera one last time in a drunken, emotionally charged goodbye, a fact she fails to remember when she first breaks the news to Michael that she's pregnant.

Given the timing of the two relationships, she's unsure who the father is until she goes in to see a doctor, who confirms she is 26 weeks pregnant. This number makes the baby unmistakably Carlos', who had recently been arrested. Fearful of her child growing up with a dangerous man for a father, Sabrina lies about the paternity of her child until the truth comes out a month before her due date.

Michael breaks up with her over the lie, which Sabrina tearfully accepts. She ends up running into Carlos on the pier, as he escape prison custody and is on his way to Canada. Carlos convinces her to come with him, as they can start a family somewhere else. Sabrina accepts, and goes on the run with Carlos, who ends up delivering their son, Eduardo, in Canada. The two of them continue to live life on the road until Sabrina can't take it anymore, and she returns to Port Charles. Michael and Sabrina eventually make amends, and decide to rekindle their romance. It lasts two months.

## Presumed Dead

Sabrina was presumed to be dead on September 14th, 2016, strangled to death by Paul Hornsby after she discovered he was the serial killer running rampant in Port Charles.

Unknown to anyone else, this had actually been a blip in a plan that was supposed to be carried out by Paul Hornsby on behalf of Carlos Rivera. Not only had Carlos successful faked his death for a second time thanks to Paul, but in exchange for his complete silence, Carlos asked Paul to play his part in getting Sabrina and their son Teddy out of Port Charles and into Puerto Rico with no strings attached. The plan went awry when Sabrina discovered the truth about Paul's involvement in the hospital murders, and he had to improvise in order to maintain his secret. After strangling her long enough to induce unconsciousness, Paul injected her with a dose of tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin that played the part in fooling the medical staff into believing that Sabrina was dead.

In truth, Sabrina was smuggled into a Puerto Rican hospital, where she remained in a coma for three months. Carlos remained by her bedside, only leaving once in order to impersonate his twin brother Joe Rivera long enough to bring Teddy back to Puerto Rico where he, Sabrina, and their son could be a family. Once Sabrina woke up, Carlos was slow to reveal what actually happened to her. Instead, he insisted she focus on her recovery and physical therapy. When he finally did reveal the truth, and Sabrina wanted to return to Port Charles, he made it clear that it wasn’t an option for either of them. From there on out, her relationship with Carlos became complicated. While she would always care for him, she feared more and more about her situation. It was clear to Sabrina that she and Teddy were hostages in this “family”, and that Carlos would do whatever it took in order to keep his freedom, and keep their family intact.

This worked for a year and a half. Carlos eventually became involved in criminal activity again, branching out in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. As Sabrina feared more for her and her son’s safety, she eventually came up with a plan to run away with Teddy back to the United States. She fled during the middle of the night while Carlos was away, and boarded a boat for Florida.

From there, Sabrina reached out to her best friend Felix DuBios, who came to her rescue and picked her up from Florida, where she started the first of many reunions.

## Back Home

Though she was constantly looking over her shoulder for Carlos or one of his associates ready to take her and Teddy back to Puerto Rico, that day never came. She slowly but surely got her life back on track, including her position at General Hospital. She moved back in with Felix, and devoted herself to making Teddy's childhood worlds better than what it was in Puerto Rico. The summer of 2018 marked a full year back in Port Charles without hearing from Carlos, which allowed her to finally settle back into her normal life and relax.

It didn't take long for her fear to come rushing back. After the end of a late shift, Sabrina was kidnapped in the hospital parking lot by Santino Ruiz, who had been injured. She was forced by gunpoint to drive him to a secure location, where she would tend to and stitch up a knife would. Santino made sure to get her address to secure her silence for when she was returned to the hospital.

True to her word, and fearful for her and her son's life, Sabrina kept her mouth shut about the incident and went on like nothing happened. A distraction found her in the form of Michael Corinthos, who was grieving the loss of his son. Knowing what it was like to lose a child, she reached out to Michael, unaware that he had planned to propose to her before her death was faked. She was able to comfort him and they agreed to spend time together again, even taking Teddy to the aquarium.

## Personality

While Sabrina initially arrived to Port Charles as a meek and naive woman with a tendency to romanticize everything around her, her personality has gone through a shift during her time in the city. With time, her naivety was shed, though Sabrina does make an active choice to see the best in the people and things around her. She is kind, caring, and compassionate, with a great need to help people. Her job as a nurse one of the most important things to her, and she goes above and beyond for her patients with the same tenacity as she has for her nearest and dearest loved ones.

Motherhood, and other experiences, have added a quality of toughness to Sabrina. She no longer allows just anyone to walk all over her, and will snap rather than bend when pushed too far. She is protective over her son, a quality that seeps into being loyal and considerate to her friends. With lies having cost her too much in the past, she has adopted a much more honest policy.

## Important Relationships

* Eduardo "Teddy" Santiago: Her son with Carlos, once thought to be Michael Corinthos' child. Sabrina would do anything for her son and his safety, especially due to the nature of his father.
* Gabriel Santiago Drake: Her late son with Patrick. Born 15 weeks premature, Gabriel fought for almost two months before his organs shut down, and he died in Sabrina's arms. The death of Gabriel has affected her greatly and she often thinks of him.
* Felix DuBois: Her best friend and fellow nurse at General Hospital. He is her biggest support system. It was Felix that she called when she needed help getting back to Port Charles after her presumed death.
* Michael Corinthos: Her ex-boyfriend. With Sabrina understanding his grief, the two have grown closer and rekindled their friendship.
* Patrick Drake: Her ex-fiancé. They were almost married but were pulled apart when Robin, back from the dead, interrupted their wedding. They remain connected by the death of their son.
* Carlos Rivera: Her ex-husband and the father of Teddy. Their relationship has always been complicated, but it was further strained with Carlos has Sabrina's death faked so they could live off the grid in Puerto Rico. She doesn't wish him any ill will, but she hopes to never see him again.

## Crimes Committed

* Conspired with Felix and other hospital staff to run a paternity test on Britt's unborn child.
* Switched Ava Jerome's medication, though quickly regretted it and reported her mistake.
* Hid Johnny Zacchara and Carlos Rivera from the police in her apartment.
* Withheld the truth about Carlos being alive.
* Multiple counts of aiding and abetting Carlos.

## Health and Vitals

* Rendered unconscious in a car accident, which resulted in her premature labor.
* Had severe postpartum hemorrhaging, and fell unconscious.
* Suffered a mental breakdown after the death of her son.
* Fainted due to her pregnancy.
* Gave birth to her son Teddy completely natural.
* Strangled to the point of unconsciousness by Paul Hornsby, drugged to appear dead.
* Fell into a coma as a result of her attack.