Character Creation
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Faith Ravenna Hyland
Concept: Teacher with Moves Like Jagger
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Nationality: Irish
Eye Color/Shape: Light Blue, Monolid (Narrow Shaped)
Hair Color: Ash Blonde
Build: Medium
Distinguishing Features: Pastel yellow flower (Gorse) and pale green leaves tattoo running along the length of collarbone just below it with the center vine traveling down the center of her chest. Matching tattoo of a single Gorse flower a few inches below belly button.
Typical Dress: For work, nice heels, clean jeans or suit pants, polos or blouses that cover her tattoo (or a t-shirt underneath that covers it), blazer jackets and a pair of thin, dark blue metal framed glasses. For casual, sneakers, jeans or jogger pants, comfortable t-shirts that are loosely fitted and maybe a plain windbreaker.
Mannerisms: Tends not to show much emotion or have many expressions (resting bitch face), when particularly stressed might stutter
Accent: A very faint hint of an Irish accent, although can get stronger if she speaks too quickly
Education: Speech-Language Pathology Degree attained at Emerson College
Occupation: Speech Therapist at Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School (Wednesdays/Fridays), and Park Place Community Middle School (Tuesdays/Thursdays). Also coaches a dance team for the middle school, after school
Hometown: Cork Ireland (home of the Heineken Brewery)
Current Residence: Brooklyn NYC in an apartment shared with her cousin Bridget, her cousin’s boyfriend Justin, and their three kids; Walker (17), Cody (10), Jacqui (8)
Father: Colin Rory Hyland, alive, structural engineer
Relationship: Faith sees her father about once a month or so as she visits her parents for dinner at their place. She’s not particularly close with him, but not despondent either.
Mother: Shelia Grace Teagan-Hyland, alive, retired civil engineer
Relationship: The two meet once a week for an early lunch on Tuesdays in addition to the once monthly dinner at Sheila and Colin’s apartment. Faith is much closer to her mother than father, but not as close as she was to her grandparents growing up.
Siblings: None
Children: None
Grandparents, Father’s Side: Rory and Moira Hyland, deceased, raised Faith during her early childhood until her grandfather passed away.
Cousins, Father’s Side: Sean (male) Sacramento CA, Bridget (female) New York NY, Colin (male) New York NY
Best Friend: Sasha Giovanni
Clique: Emma Straggen, Christelle Varela, Lily Faust, Micaela Sastre