What do you want your reader to know about Dina in the beginning of "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere"?

Dina is the main female character. She is a student at Yale who have come from Baltimore. She is African American and from the very beginning of the story the difference in skin color and its consequences are notable. Dina differs from other students in her behavior and thoughts; she is ascetic and has little desire to make friends with somebody. But despite her coldness Dina is able for friendship. She is a complicated person and doesn’t fit the standard. She looks a bit like the main character of Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre”: she is a good person, but little people can get through the outer shell and see it.