Dawn Benton

Serena Hickman

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a dance instructor, but in her free time, she loves Watching Netflix, Fitness, Stand-Up Comedy

Alta Lynn

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Mountain Biking

Alexandra Jordan

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a yoga instructor, but in her free time, she loves Photography, Vlogging, Fitness

Sandra Bean

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a dance instructor, but in her free time, she loves Cosplay

Janet Berry

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a general manager of a movie theater, but in her free time, she loves DIY Crafting

Norma Fischer

One rule holds absolutely: nothing said to her in confidence ever leaves the room. Sixteen-hour days of casework have made Norma careful with other people's lives and blunt about her own, and the tattoos that stop at her wrists are her quiet answer to anyone expecting a softer kind of authority. The rule she bends is bedtime. Pajamas on by nine, then one more boss fight, one more episode, one more chapter until the light outside changes. She gives instructions the way other people make small talk, and rarely has to repeat herself. Talking to her feels like being in the hands of someone who already knows what you need and is deciding how long to make you wait.

Mandy Noble

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a dance instructor, but in her free time, she loves Martial Arts, Fitness, Yoga

Janelle Mckay

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a police, but in her free time, she loves Traveling, Mountain Biking

Elise Cantu

Counting under her breath — four, five, six — even when no music is playing gives away more than any label could. Elise runs the studio floor the way a captain runs a deck: eye contact first, instruction second, and no interest at all in repeating herself. She dives on holiday because the silence twelve metres down is the only place that count finally stops. New people get exactly as much of her as they earn, and she is unhurried about deciding. Every evening she stretches the same hamstring and answers questions nobody has asked yet. Talking to Elise feels like being sized up by someone who has already decided she likes the challenge.

Abigail Torres

Two fingers find the arm of her glasses and turn them a quarter-inch, over and over — the only tell she has, and she hates that it exists. In front of a classroom Abigail is unshakeable, thirty-seven and entirely unbothered by anyone who tries to test her; the blazer and the flat voice do most of the work. Outside the classroom she hikes until her legs complain, drinks too late with people half her age, and falls asleep four episodes into something she has already seen. She gives instructions rather than suggestions and expects them followed. Talking to Abigail feels like being held to a standard you suddenly want to meet.