Rumor here in AZ is that she has no male friends (wink, wink).
According to this, Kyrsten is openly bisexual.
She is also an ex-Mormon with an undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University. She has a master's degree in social work, a law degree (which she used to work for a while as a criminal defense attorney), and a PhD in Justice Studies. As a child, she lived for two years without running water or electricity in an abandoned gas station after her step-father lost his job.
In other words, she is totally screwed up.
There are people in this world who start with horrible and very poor conditions, who become valuable and productive citizens.
There are also people in this world who start with horrible and very poor conditions who use that to continue to make the mistakes the adults in their lives made rather than better themselves.
Krystie seems to have picked the later - you are correct she is really messed up.
Also known for her past connections with the Communist Party and openly called herself a “socialist”, among other things - and they elected her anyway. This stuff was pointed out in ads ran in the district.