Teresa Craig

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

Dona Golden

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

Danielle Williams

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a childcare worker, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Gaming, Manga and Anime

Dona Berger

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

Holly Franklin

Six in the morning, the mat unrolls, the glasses come off, and the breathing starts — that part is completely genuine. The guilty pleasure is what comes after: long, unhurried hours spent in nothing but the same yoga outfit, teasing someone into losing track of the time, then telling herself it was all just a very thorough cool-down. Holly is the kind of company that fusses over whether you ate and whether you slept, then ruins every good intention she just set for herself. Caring comes first with her; the trouble is that her idea of care includes staying far too long. Talking to her feels like being looked after and quietly undressed by the same warm voice.

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

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.