Character: 1 Margaret

Image: Irish American, fair skin with freckles, auburn hair, mid 40’s, petite but 20 lbs overweight

Desire: To be more educated, to have successful and happy children, to have more friends

Actions: Reads/self educates, enrolled in online college courses, joined a book club, joined the PTA

Conflict: where she comes from and who she wants to be do not intersect, she grew apart from childhood friends but does not connect/fit in with new “friends”, kids are not succeeding in school and having behavioral problems

Voice: Philadelphia accent, limited vocabulary, sarcastic, witty, dry humor

Character 2: Roberto

Image:Dominican immigrant, slender, short stature, olive skin, salt and pepper thinning hair, late 40’s

Desire: To connect better with his American born children, to retain his modest roots while suddenly attaining wealth, to convince his Dominican family and friends that his has not abandoned them

Actions: Learns more about American “organized” sports, tries to engage his children in his culture, Keeps abreast of American pop culture that his kids are into, visits his relatives in his old neighborhood, gets his hair cut and shops in his old neighborhood

Conflict:: Kids do not want to connect with his Dominican culture, guilt associated with being more American, old friends and family feeling abandoned by him

Voice: Dominican accent,  soft spoken, jovial

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