#( intro: alba rivas. )

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➘ ° ★ ( ana de armas ) ? no, that's alba rivas they're thirty-two years old. they're female and use she/her. they identify as pansexual and their favorite song is the chain by fleetwood mac 

❛ Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise Running in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies ❜

.basic information

NAME: Alba Carolina Rivas

AGE: Thirty-two

GENDER/PRONOUNS: Cis Female she/her

PLACE OF BIRTH: Boca Raton, Florida

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Pansexual

OCCUPATION: Teacher

PERSONALITY TYPE: ESFJ

.background

her mother fled from cuba and her father immigrated from Spain with no friends or family and with only a few dollars. the two newcomers were matched by fate and just a year later they welcomed their daughter, alba.

life was not perfect at the rivas household, her mother worked cleaning the big and luxurious houses in Palm Springs and her father was a spanish teacher. 

despite understanding the meaning of classism from a young age, alba never envied those who had a lot more than her. in fact, her childhood best friend was the girl that lived in the house her mother cleaned. the two were inseparable.

because of her good grades, alba was granted a scholarship. she left florida and moved to new york where she got a job as a waitress.

it was during one day at work that she met someone that changed her life. she met another student while she was working who asked her out but she refused, however, he came back and did the same thing every night until one day she finally accepted.

one date turned into two and then three until soon people couldn’t see one without the other. most people thought they wouldn’t last, their personalities and values were too different. he came from a wealthy family, the typical spoiled kid that was set to inherit his parents’ fortune someday, the one that always featured on Page Six with a different woman every night. meanwhile, alba came from a working-class family, daughter of immigrants who always had to work to get what she had in life. despite the skepticism, they proved everyone wrong.

his family didn’t like her and things only got worse when they got engaged. the couple married only a year later and after alba’s graduation, they moved back to Palm Springs where they bought one of those houses alba always dreamed to have and the best part is that they were neighbors with her childhood best friend.

but all good things must come to an end, and soon her fairytale turned into a nightmare. the relationship with her in-laws was awful which eventually caused tension in their marriage. they began to fight more often and he started to spend more time in his office than home. however, she was determined to make their marriage work, a love like theirs couldn’t end like this, she wouldn’t allow it.

one day, alba returned to their home early and what she saw was heartbreaking. there he was, in bed with none other but her childhood best friend. heartbroken, alba refused to accept any of his excuses and immediately filed for divorce, to the joy of her in-laws.

she packed up her stuff and moved to klover where her parents now had relocated. she got a job as a teacher at the local high school and she’s been here for the past three years

.headcanons

she’s a bookworm. her favorite book is the heart is a lonely hunter by carson mccullers

she speaks fluent spanish

alba has a beautiful white persian cat named nube

she loves wearing handkerchiefs in her hair

her first love was hugh grant in notting hall

claims she’s allergic to strawberries, she’s not. she just hates them and that’s easier than explaining why