Ivy is born on 2nd November in Newtyle, Scotland. She is the only daughter of Alejandra Sanchez Cruz and Leonard Grant who are very protective of her. They had educated her until she was five and then they employed a preceptor who had to teach her on the one hand a magical initiation and on the other hand some elements about the Muggle culture. Furthermore, Micheal Miller, who is one of her parents’ best friends sometimes taught her how to play the piano. But all of this was seen as foolishness by Ivy who just wanted to go out in their huge garden to run, to jump and to shout. What interests her is to discover the world, and her grandparents understood it while she was still a little girl. As they lived in the same village, they used to come and looked after her while Ivy’s parents were working – Alejandra is a legal consultant and Leonard is a professor. Once she was with her grandparents, she escaped their vigilance and rode her mother’s broomstick and tried to fly but as she was only eight, she just hit a tree and fell on the floor. Then she had to go to St Mungo’s Hospital, but worse than that, her parents told her not to run during a certain time that they always and always extended, pretending her aunt who works at St Mungo's said that, to make sure she wouldn’t ride again. Moreover, she can’t really run in case of – as she believes – her knee gets blocked so she had to give up her dream of playing Quidditch when she is at Hogwarts.

The first time she used magic was after she turned five. While Michael was trying to teach her how to play a classical music she couldn’t be concentrate and therefore she did not succeed in playing it. The family’s friend was angry because she didn’t listen to him at all. Ivy suddenly became furious and without touching the piano, a deafening noise sounded in the house. It was more like a very low-pitched rock and roll music. Alejandra and Leonard were first surprised and mad at their angry daughter but then they realised this unintended music meant she was a witch and they were relieved.

Ivy is a dark-haired and tanned-skinned girl that hates to learn because of her parents and who just do the minimum required to be accepted to Hogwarts – Leonard once told her she wouldn’t be able to go to Hogwarts if she didn’t work enough. Something she hates above all is botany whereas she dreams of having a pet to not feel alone anymore. She likes Quidditch but as she can’t practice it, the young girl watches it with her grandparents. Globally introverted, Ivy is very loyal, perfectionist and rational although she’s also malicious and reckless. Last but not least, as her mother is from Mexico she speaks English and Spanish.