Post by Professor Isabel Cifuentes on Jun 29, 2006 21:31:39 GMT 7
[white]I will be the first person to say that the following profile is not the most organized. I have a problem with organization, but I feel that I did a fairly good job with the content overall.[/white]
*Please note that all of the information is completely unknown to you unless my character (ISABEL) has role played with you and told you any of the information.
*Before using any of the general ideas or information from the profile that I have made, please send me a personal message an ask. To put it into easier words to understand, my writing in Isabel's profile is copyrighted to me. If you do happen to get permission to use my ideas, you are to credit me!
*Things are often times changed when I think of something that I forgot to add. As the 'year' progresses, Isabel will also discover more weaknesses and such, which will be added when the time comes.
*Please note that all of the information is completely unknown to you unless my character (ISABEL) has role played with you and told you any of the information.
*Before using any of the general ideas or information from the profile that I have made, please send me a personal message an ask. To put it into easier words to understand, my writing in Isabel's profile is copyrighted to me. If you do happen to get permission to use my ideas, you are to credit me!
*Things are often times changed when I think of something that I forgot to add. As the 'year' progresses, Isabel will also discover more weaknesses and such, which will be added when the time comes.
Basic Information
Full Name: Isabel Maria Cifuentes Mirabel
Nicknames: Isa, Nina, Bel
Date of Birth: 2 February
Age: 29
Place of Birth: Barranquilla, Colombia
Lineage: Muggleborn
Ethnicity: Colombian (Hispanic), Lebanese (also part Italian and American)
Occupation: N/A
Personality: Though she seems like a quiet and preserved person, Isabel is more open than most people think. She will talk to almost anyone when she feels like it, especially if she is in a good mood (which is often). Though it seems like she would not, she does and will. She is not afraid to talk to people that she does not know. In fact, she sees it more as an opportunity to meet new people and get to know them. She will ask questions that she is curious of the answers, and she will also answer almost any question that is asked of her. She will be as opened as most people want (unless you get into REALLY personal information). There are times where she becomes completely braindead and can think of nothing to say - causing randomness.
There are times where Isabel tends to be a bit shy. When it comes to talking to men that she thinks are good-looking, she becomes a bit nervous. When this happens, she tends to slur her words as well as her natural accent. When she tries to control it, she finds that it becomes worse. Sometimes there will be long and awkward moments of silence, and other times there will be a lot of talking (rambling) about nothing. That is just her nature, just like several other people.
Even though it would seem like she is only shy towards good-looking men, she is shy towards people that are of higher status than her. This is sometimes though. It depends on who it is. If she is going in for an interview, she will be somewhat shy towards the person for the first few moments. If it is someone like the queen of England, she would be really shy because she is in the presence of someone that is of much higher status. If the person gets to know her, and she gets to know them, however, she will become more relaxed.
Usually, Isabel is a really laid-back sort of person. She likes to have things comfortable around her. Even in the work place, she will do as much as she is allowed and can do to make it comfortable for herself and others. By doing this, she will wear what she feels comfortable in as well as eat and drink what she pleases, if possible. She makes sure that there is always a homey feeling to the atmosphere. She will stop at nothing to obtain this feeling and keep it around her at all times. After all, who does not want to feel at home wherever they go, right?
Isabel is constantly helping people that need it or ask for it. She has always been a kind person to assist those in need. Never once has she turned a person down that asked for help. Anyone she meets and feels that she might connect with, she tells them this, and she makes it clear that she is always there if they need to talk. She is a good listener and also very understanding, which helps her in assisting people. She makes sure that she gets all information necessary in order to solve the problem that is put in front of her.
Since she loves to help people, she is willing to risk herself in order to save someone else's life. She will do anything in her will to make sure the people around her are safe, even if she does not know them. She wants to best for everyone, no matter who they are, and she always wants to be the person that people come to in a time of need.
Having attended school for several years, Isabel is a very intelligent individual. She gained a vast amount of knowledge while in school, and she carries it around with her, sharing it with others when she is able to. Though she is rather young, she carries a rather vast amount of wisdom that she likes to give to others and share her thoughts and values on things. She speaks mostly from her heart with the intelligence from her mind when she is giving advice on various things.
If the advice is about love lives and situations that deal with boyfriends and girlfriends, she will be the first to admit that it is not her area of expertise to speak about. She will help out as much as she can, but there are no promises that she will help solve the problems completely. She can always try though.
As for her own personal problems and such, she handles those in the easiest way possible. If someone speaks illy of her, she does not let it get to her. She just shakes it off. Though, if it gets to her deeply, she waits until she is alone to cry it all off and forget about it. She does not allow herself to be put down by comments that are made against her. She refuses to. She tries to keep her self-esteem up extremely high, and no one can bring her down. Though, there are times when she seems close to breaking down, she thinks of something that helps her. Sometimes she expresses it through songs and writing, depending on what it is. She has never really used fighting as a last resort to solving a problem. She prefers to handle things in a healthy manner.
In her work environment, which happens to be teaching students, she has to use a certain amount of seriousness and responsibility. She tries to act as an adult should so that the students can look up to her. She does have the moments where her inner child comes out and shines through, which is sometimes when the students think that they can get away with murder. However, she lays down the laws and disciplines them in ways that she sees fit. She prefers not to make the punishments harsh, but she will if need be.
Appearance
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 115
Waist: 24 in.
Hair: Somewhat long, brown (a light blonde), wavy
Eyes: Deep brown (almost black)
Complexion: A light tan
Usual Appearance: Isabel usually wears her hair down, allowing the light, brown wave to flow freely. Her clothing is usually Muggle attire. Sometimes she wears jeans, other times she wears skirts that are somewhat Spanish-styled. It depends on her mood. When she is not wearing Muggle clothing, she is wearing her witch's robes. Her clothing is not usually VERY dark colors. Sometimes they are, but she prefers not to be and seem so dark and depressed.
History: Isabel was born on one of the tropical coasts of Colombia in a city, also a major port, called Barranquilla. She was born on a rather humid February morning in her parents' home, the youngest of nine. Being born into an already-large family, there was little money, which meant that someone would have to do without (those people were usually her parents and two older siblings). Her parents loved all of their children and gave everything for them when they needed it and if they wanted it. Her family maintained close bonds and ties between each person. Isabel's closest relationships were those with both her Lebanese grandmother and her oldest sister, Patricia.
As a very young child, before she even started school, Isabel's grandmother taught her the art of Arabic Belly Dancing so that she could stay true to her Arabic routes. By the time she was about three or four, she had basically mastered the art of dancing that her grandmother taught her. She, being the youngest, was usually the one to entertain the family when there was nothing better to do than sit down and stare at the ceiling. She would often times sing her made-up songs and do her little dances.
As she grew older, the time came for her to start school. Being Muggleborn, she had no idea that she would later be attending a magical school in the capital, Bogotá. So, when she was five, she started her kindergarten classes at a small local school in Barranquilla. She kept her grades up high enough so that she passed each year. The only grade that she could maintain perfectly was her grade in Science. Since she had a natural love for animals and nature, she naturally liked the science class. Her family noticed this.
In the August after her eleventh birthday, she received a letter from the magical school in Bogotá. Her family was somewhat surprised by it, thinking that she had some sort of problem or that it was all a practical joke. However, they found that it wasn't and allowed her to go to this boarding-school-like place to learn to perform magic.
While she was there, she excelled in most of her subjects, her best ones being Charms, Care of Magical Creatures, and Transfiguration. Then, there were the other subjects that she was not so good in like Divination and Astronomy. Throughout school, she made few friends due to her somewhat bossy nature as well as her intelligent and want to talk about anything other than the latest thing. She usually talked people to death, basically forcing them to run away from her [Lol].
Throughout her years at school and during her summer trips home, her parents often time enjoyed listening to her stories from school as well as hearing the songs that she wrote while she was there. She later became a semi-local celebrity by singing and dancing at small fiestas and such. She was well-known in her area, but not through the country.
After graduating from the school in Bogotá, Isabel returned home to her family and friends like most graduates did. She lived with her parents for a long period of time, not sure of exactly what to do. She knew that she either wanted to sing or teach. Since she loved kids, she chose to go to school for a few extra years in order to get a degree so that she could teach. Though she knew that she was basically giving up her dream of singing and dancing and becoming famous, she knew that this would help for a better cause.
After graduating from the university and getting her teaching degree, she went in search of a job as a teacher somewhere. She would have preferred to teach in a Muggle school, but she was somewhat used to her magic now, so she was going to teach in a magical school. The first one that popped into her head was the one that she attended in previous years.
For her first job, she was just a tutor as well as professor's assistant for Care of Magical Creatures and later Transfiguration and Charms. However, her major while in the university had been about Charms. So, she went for a professor position there. However, they denied her because they said that she was too young with little experience.
After being denied, Isabel returned home to her family. For the period of time while she was assisting the professors in Bogotá, she lived there on campus. However, after being denied the professor job, she chose not to stay any longer.
[History is incomplete...I need to wait to see if I am accepted first]
Family
Father: William (American, Lebanese)
Mother: Nidya (Italian, Colombian)
Brothers: Alberto, Edward, Moises, Tonino, Robin
Sisters: Patricia, Ana, Lucy
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Likes: Isabel loves children. She can connect with children, no matter what age they are. She tries to make sure that she can understand them one-hundred percent. She also likes chocolate balls and a little sweet-sour Colombia fruit known as a corozo. Isabel likes people that can connect with her and agree on some of the things that she does.
Dislikes: Isabel heavily dislikes those that light and taunt others because they think they are better. She also dislikes people that are prejudiced against others dude to race, religion, or blood. Anyone what acts stuck-up are people that she prefers not to be around due to the fact that she would have a hard time trying to hold in comments that she wishes to share, which would not be nice things. She does not like people that try to be one-hundred percent perfectionist either.
Strengths: Isabel has always been great with kids, and she has always been an outstanding person to deal with animals. Though she has only been teaching for about four years or so, she feels that she does a very good job at teaching the students what they need to know as well as trying to incorporate some fun into her lessons by getting student feedback. Aside from her teaching, however, she has a strong voice when she sings as well as sultry dance moves. Singing and dancing have always been some of her strengths since she was little living in Colombia.
Weaknesses: Isabel has always been weak in several areas of magic as well as basic Muggle learnings from when she was younger. But, if there was one thing that she would admit to being weak in, it would have to be lying. She refused to lie most of the time. If it is for a good cause, she might think about it, but she really dislikes lying. She also refuses to be a tattle tale, sometimes. It just depends on the situation. Her weaknesses always lie where her strengths are. Within each of her strengths, she has a weakness that marks it out.
Aside from those weaknesses, she also has the weakness where she cannot keep some of her opinions and her comments to herself. She always liked to give her input on things that she can speak about.
Ambitions: Isabel hopes to one day become a famous singer. Though she prefers teaching more than she does singing because it involves children on an everyday basis, she would love to be recognized for her voice and her dance moves.
Accomplishments: Isabel was able to gain local singing success when she lived in Colombia. She did not make it big, obviously, but she was one of the local stars in Barranquilla, singing and dancing at parties and various occasions. She has also managed to travel quite a bit and make it to Hogwarts, now teaching Care of Magical Creatures.
Future Plans: Isabel hopes to one day settle down in a nice place and start a family of her home. She hopes to have a husband that will treat her as an equal as well as the way that she wants to be treated. She also hopes to have maybe two or three children to raise into well-mannered teenagers and later nourish them in adults.
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