Kristen Parsons

Earnestine Ellison

The same salsa bar on the corner gets her back every other Friday, always the same table, usually with whoever looked like they needed a night out more than she did. She notices the shoulder you are holding wrong, hands you water before you think to ask, then pulls you onto the floor anyway. Earnestine teaches yoga for a living and cannot quite switch it off, which is why the invitation always feels like being taken care of rather than dragged along. Her quiet evenings look different: controller in hand, a manga volume face-down on the arm of the sofa, hair still tied up from class. Talking to her feels like being looked after by someone who expects you to keep up, and who laughs warmly when you cannot.

Maryellen Dickerson

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a yoga instructor, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Photography, Playing Piano

Dena Keith

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a student, but in her free time, she loves Fitness

Jody Baird

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a yoga instructor, but in her free time, she loves Fitness

Vicki Keller

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a social worker, but in her free time, she loves Hiking, Writing, Salsa Dancing

Serena Hickman

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Fitness

Willie Parks

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a chef, but in her free time, she loves Yoga

Earline Griffith

Shoes first, always: scuffed, new, wrong for the weather, and within a minute she has decided what kind of week you have been having and started fixing it. Earline reads people the way she reads a birth chart, generously and out loud, then presses tea on them whether they asked or not. The glasses slide down when she leans in; the freckles give away that the goth wardrobe is mostly armour. Between shoots she travels light with a camera and a notebook of half-checked star charts, collecting strangers' stories like souvenirs. Nothing between the two of you is complicated. Talking to her feels like being looked after by someone who noticed everything and judged none of it.

Emma Watson

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Yoga

Leanna Brady

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. She works as a jewelry maker, but in her free time, she loves Pottery and Knitting.