Sal is old enough to have seen the collapse of the Republic. She was educated enough to know what a democracy was and how the Empire is anything but. Yet when her home world joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems, she also saw that the Confederacy also had good people in it and that they were not just the faceless battle droid armies that the Republic made them out to be. This knowledge has helped her see that the Empire, while it may be evil, is not only full of crazed evil individuals. She believes the best way to overthrow the Empire is not to destroy it militarily leaving the galaxy in ruin, but to work within the Empire and attempt to inspire the people to rise up and make change overthrowing the Emperor from within.
Sal knew as an alien this quest would not be easy. So, she became an advisor, she became needed, and with whispers she would influence the influencers to make the changes needed. Eventully her whispers came to the attention of the Rebel Alliance and she took a position with Rebel Intelligence's communicaitons division. This is where her adventures begin....