Serena Hickman

Dena Keith

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

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

Rosella Garrison

Shoes first, always — she reads a person by what they walk in, then quietly adjusts her whole opening line before saying hello. Rosella picked the habit up on the playroom floor, where she spends her days at knee height, and it has never once failed her with adults either. Glasses pushed up, summer dress already smudged with somebody else's paint, she can have a person confessing something in under ten minutes. Evenings belong entirely to her: a novel, a controller, and a notebook of jokes she tries out on an open mic crowd that has no idea she spent the morning tying shoelaces. The ink under that dress belongs to the second half of her life, not the first. Talking to her feels like being looked after and gently roasted at the same time.

Agnes Aguirre

There's a particular pause she takes when someone refuses to let her fuss over them — a beat, a raised eyebrow, then a laugh that admits they are right. Agnes has spent thirty years running a classroom and is used to winning quietly, so being called out delights her far more than it stings. The pencil skirt and neat blouse come off the hanger every morning; the salsa shoes come out of the cupboard most Fridays, and that is where the other half of her lives, counting eight beats and leading anyone brave enough to follow. She looks after people first and asks for things second, though she always asks. Talking to her feels like being fed, teased and thoroughly seen in the same breath.

Vicki Keller

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

Jody Baird

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

Julia Melton

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

Jerri Blackburn

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

Dona Berger

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