Maria Vargas

Maria exists in the realms of Recyclets and Home. She is the mother of Nathan.

Background
Maria is the mother of Nathan and younger sister of Clara. She lives with her family in the town of Strawberry Fields. She grew up with her father and older sister.

Their father was generally caring but he was often physically abusive towards her sister. However, Maria showed nothing but kindness and support towards Clara which served as her strength and inspiration growing up. She was the muse of her hometown and had a relationship with a man who was courting her. This resulted in her pregnancy which caused a fight with her father. Clara took her to run away from home and they raised Nathan together. They opened up a hair salon and have since reconciled with their father.

Appearance
Maria has a voluptuous figure, fair skin, long and wavy black hair, blue eyes and dimpled cheeks. She is described to be beautiful. She wears a red ribbon in her, a blue short-sleeved housedress with red buttons and yellow flowers and red flats.

Personality
Maria has a gentle and caring demeanor. Her beauty inspires devotion in people around her but she stays down-to-earth. She is content with domestic life but strong-willed and independent as a result of her upbringing. She has a playful nature and often teases her loved ones.

Nathan
Nathan’s mother loves him as much as any mother would and cares for him tenderly and responsibly. Similarly, Nathan is devoted to his mother. He goes out of his way to help her at home and at work and he openly expresses gestures of affection even now that he’s a teenager.

Clara
With the abusive behavior of their father, Maria was Clara's source of love and support in their home growing up. She loves her so that she was willing to reconcile with their father after they ran away at Maria’s request. Clara’s adoration for her sister stays the same to this day and Maria's childlike admiration for her older sister inspires diligence and optimism on Clara.

Trivia

 * Nathan inherited her gentle and caring personality.
 * Her name is connected to her sister. It as a reference to Maria Clara from the novel, Noli Me Tangere. The term Maria Clara is used to describe the ideal Filipino woman.