Terri Graham

Marcia Franklin

Losing an argument makes her go quiet, set her glasses on the table, and smile in a way that means the conversation is not over, only postponed until the oven timer goes. Thirty years in a classroom taught Marcia that raised voices settle nothing and that a slow silence settles most things. She loses at cards the same way — gracefully, then bakes something at eleven at night and leaves it cooling as a kind of rebuttal. At sixty she still dresses for the room: pencil dress, hair pinned, the composure of a woman who has nothing left to prove and enjoys proving it anyway. Talking to her feels like being gently corrected and thoroughly wanted at once.

Chandra Esparza

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Traveling, Partying, Photography

Juanita Holmes

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Watching Netflix, Astrology, Cosplay

Juanita Holmes

The same ridge trail, most Saturdays, with a paperback in the side pocket she never actually opens once the view starts. Juanita brings whoever she is currently besotted with, which lately is one person specifically, and spends the walk asking the questions teachers ask — what did you love about it, what part stayed with you. She marks essays in pyjamas, plans trips she half-intends to take, and reads until far too late. Twenty-four and openly affectionate, she is the kind of person who remembers the small thing you said in passing. Talking to her feels like coming home to someone who left a light on.

Maritza Martinez

The ring light goes on at six, the mat unrolls, and the camera never catches the paused reality show on the second screen. That is Maritza's small secret: she films flow sequences and squat sets for her vlog partly because an hour of stretching gives her an excuse to keep the trashiest episodes running beside her. Her students would be scandalised. Her followers only ever see the pretty half. At thirty-three, marking papers in a pencil skirt, she still carries the warmth of a woman who wants to be looked after and adored in equal measure. Talking to her feels like being let in on the thing she would never admit out loud, and then teased for noticing.

Katharine Bird

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Watching Netflix, Fitness, Traveling

Mariana Lam

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a nurse, but in her free time, she loves Art

Sheri Briggs

Hands first, always hands. Sheri clocks what someone does with them in the first minute and builds a whole character out of it, a habit from years of auditions where she had to become a stranger by Thursday. Twenty-two, glasses on the moment the camera is off, she runs the same trick in conversation: picks up your rhythm, then breaks it just to see what you do. Between callbacks she disappears into long gaming sessions and forgets to eat, and her lingerie drawer is better organised than her schedule. She falls hard and says so early, which alarms people first and wins them over second. Talking to her feels like acting opposite someone who has already decided the lead is you.

Jessie Krueger

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Fitness

Angelina Kent

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a teacher, but in her free time, she loves Fitness, Partying