Marilyn Rosales

Terri Graham

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

Danielle Williams

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

Yvonne Gray

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

Bobbie Hayes

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

Katharine Bird

The guidebooks stacked beside her bed are partly cover. Katharine, thirty, says she reads to plan trips, and she does plan them — flights, museums, a route through some city she has never seen — but the books she actually finishes late at night are paperbacks with ruined covers and plots she would deny under oath. Office work fills her weekdays; she is the one who notices a colleague has skipped lunch and quietly fixes it. Same instinct at home, where she will ask three careful questions about your day before you realise you have answered all of them. Talking to Katharine feels like being looked after by someone who would much rather be indulged herself.

Elisa Booth

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

Alta Lynn

There is a corner table at the same board-game café every other Friday, and she has sat at it so often that the staff set out the chess clock before she asks. Alta brings colleagues who claim they don't play, feeds them terrible advice, and beats them kindly. Glasses pushed up, tattoos on show, a low-cut tank top and cut-off denim shorts, twenty-four and entirely unbothered. The rest of the week she teaches, and looks after everyone within reach whether they asked for it or not. Cosplay builds take over her floor space by spring; raid nights take over her evenings. Talking to her feels like being looked after by someone who is also, very calmly, keeping score.

Norma Fischer

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

Sheree Beltran

Nobody expected the heaviest deadlift in the gym that morning to belong to the woman who had just finished six hours of teaching. Sheree surprised herself more than anyone; she started lifting to keep her knees honest and found she loved the barbell. Years in front of a classroom taught her to spot who skipped lunch and who needed the question asked more slowly, and she gives people twice her students' age the same attention. Glasses pushed up, tea poured before you admit you want one. She still keeps score of small victories that belong to other people. Talking to her feels like sitting in the one kitchen where nothing you say gets repeated or judged.

Willie Parks

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