Maria Shelton District 11

Ria is short in stature standing only 4'5. She has long brown hair that goes down to the middle of the back that is usually in a braid. She's athletic and has an average size body weighing in at 48kg. Her eyes are large and round and are dark brown. She has dark, bushy eyebrows. She has acne that causes zits to break out on her face.

She has a very dark complected skin tone. She is usually dirty from working in the frields. She usually wears a white short sleeve shirt, and jeans with holes in them when she's working in the fields. When she's going to school, she wears her best which is a short sleeve blue shirt and jeans without wholes in them. She wears a necklace that her mom gave her.

Ria is an outgoing person. She'll talk to anyone she meets. She is a trustworthy person. She's honest, and good at keeping promises. She respects people as long as they respect her back. She is helpful to those who are in need. She tries to get to know someone before she judges them. She's also very mysterious.

Ria has a couple of flaws. She's confident, but sometimes she becomes over confident. She also has a fierce temper. It takes a lot to get her mad, but once someone gets her mad it's not a pretty sight.

Ria loves helping people. She becomes attached to people that get close to her, and she'll do anything for her friends. She trust anyone that comes up to her. If someone breaks the trust, it's very hard for the person to get it back.

Ria was born to Marian and Dilon Shelton. She has a younger brother, Richie, that is 4 years younger than her. When she was seven she was learning more about plants from her mom Marian. She was learning about edible plants and some medical uses for them such as which ones treat Tracker Jacker venom. Her parents worked in the orchards and did what they could to help the family to stay together. At the age of seven Ria started working in the fields with her family. She worked with other seven years old with the smaller fruits such as grapes.

At the age of ten, she started working with the adults. She climbed the trees to the highest branches to get the fruits that people were unable to get. At harvest time she spent most of the time working in the fields. She spent time jumping around from tree to tree with ease. Dilon started teaching her about more plants. Ria snuck out one night and was found by her mom an hour later. Her mom was very angry with her.

At the age of eleven, Ria met someone who became her best friend. Kala became her partner that she worked in the fields with. They joked with each other and had an all around great time. One day Kala was caught stealing the grain that was being harvested and was killed. Ria was devastated. Ria celebrated her twelfth birthday working in the fields and taking terrassse so that she could help provide for her family. It got her name entered into the drawing more, but at this time she only cared that her family was taken care of.