Characters

Name

Petunia White

Age

74

Profession

Petunia is retired and lives on a small income.

Family

Petunia has three grandchildren who come over frequently. Her partner, Jim, passed away a few years ago, so she now lives alone.

Hobbies

Petunia loves to go bowling with her friends. She tries to stay active and enjoys gardening.

Values

Petunia loves spending time with her family. Her grandchildren come over frequently and love to do puzzles with her. She doesn’t own a ton of things because she believes in living simply!

Name

Zahara Malik

Age

24

Profession

Zahara is a student at DePaul University. She works as a babysitter and tutor in her spare time, since she has a degree in education from her home country in Syria.

Family

Zahara’s grandmother, mother, father, and sister live in her home with her. Like Zahara, they are refugees from Syria. Her sister, mother, and father work, as well.

Hobbies

Zahara doesn’t have much time for hobbies since she is working and going to school. She loves kickboxing and playing her guitar.

Values

Zahara is so thrilled to have her family with her, and she spends a great deal of time enjoying meals and playing games with them. Zahara also volunteers at the local animal shelter when she can.

Name

Tucker Bowers

Age

34

Profession

2nd Grade Teacher

Family

Tucker has a dog named Copper. Tucker also just got married, and his husband, Joseph, lives with him.

Hobbies

Tucker is on a basketball team with some other teachers at work. He also enjoys painting.

Values

Tucker is really dedicated to his job. He oftentimes will bring home his students’ work to grade. It helps him to have a space to work at home. He also loves staying active with Joseph and Copper.

Name

Ingrid Masters

Age

46

Profession

Plumber

Family

Ingrid lives with her son, Davis. Davis is 10 years old and loves to read and go outside. Ingrid’s mom comes over a lot to help watch Davis if she has to work late. She stays overnight a few times each week.

Hobbies

Ingrid loves to make crafts out of recycled materials. She even has a dream to make her own business selling candles, jewelry, and other goods made entirely from recycled and reused materials.

Values

The environment is really important to Ingrid. She composts her leftover food and buys mostly organic food. She drives an electric car to and from work, but bikes and walks as much as she can.

Name

Tam Sun Liu

Age

38

Profession

Chef

Family

Tam and his wife, Lisa, have three children. Parker, Becka, and Trevor are all in afterschool activities and love to have their friends over whenever they can.

Hobbies

In addition to cooking, Tam enjoys building model trains and airplanes.

Values

Because Tam owns his own restaurant, he spends a lot of time at work. This takes away from time with his family, so when he’s home, he loves to be with them, cook for them, and play with them as much as possible!

Name

Pablo Vasquez

Age

31

Profession

Engineer

Family

Pablo has his nephew over a lot, and he loves to have his family over for dinner.

Hobbies

Pablo is really good at coding and uses his coding skills for his online business. He even volunteers to teach coding in the summer. He also enjoys cooking!

Values

Pablo believes that it’s really important to find time for self-care. He practices meditation and mindfulness, and he practices a lot of yoga to keep himself balanced and feeling good!

Name

Marta Bright

Age

50

Profession

Architect

Family

Marta lives with her husband, Hank. Marta has a daughter who is at college and two step-children who come to visit often. The kids sometimes stay over when they come to visit.

Hobbies

Marta likes to go sailing on the weekends. She also loves art and loves collecting paintings and small sculptures. She goes to the art museum a lot in her spare time.

Values

Marta really believes in helping others. She volunteers as often as she can at the local food pantry and oftentimes hosts members of her church volunteer group.