Mercedes Ortega/Hooks

• Student - Yup, Mercedes is set to start university in Prospect this fall. Are you a fellow student? Professor? Something-something?

• Art/Theater Scene - She's already making her way through the local art/theater scene, auditioning for various bit parts and getting to know people.

• Community Volunteer - Mercedes does a lot of volunteer work, especially but not necessarily limited to those run by the Catholic Church. Are you a fellow volunteer? Church-goer?

• Waitressing - She has a part-time job at The Sideshow as a waitress/kitchen-helper and rarely performer.

• Cheerleading - She was a cheerleader in highschool. Will she do it again in college? Only time will tell.

• Streets - Mercedes is from Los Angeles: the working class neighborhoods of East L.A. specifically. She's learned the way of the streets since childhood; after L.A., surviving Prospect is cakewalk.