Mateo Artiaga

Matteo is a generally laidback, coolheaded, and honest  young man who prefers to observe his environment from a distance and remain netural and uninvolved in the face of conflict and preventable disputes. Calm and untroubled, he is even-tempered and works diligently to serve as a role model for his younger siblings, Miriam and Noah, in addition to providing a sensible voice of reason among his peers and striving to maintain cordial, peaceful relationships with others.

While accessible and polite, Matteo prefers to distance himself from emotional topics and react tactfully in social circumstances, as a means of preventing misunderstanding or the surfacing of any form of alteraction.

Despite his reasonable demeanor, he can occasionally rely excessively on logic and be reluctant in voicing his emotions or asserting his true feelings, which in turn can lead to his reacting passively and becoming shutting others out in order to maintain an emotional balance and filter out negative thoughts and emotions that can potentially lead to disturbances; during particularly unsettling circumstances, he's inclined to completely distancing himself from others and immersing himself in his own mind and thoughts, which can lead him to appear self-absorbed and careless.

Likewise, Matteo's task-oriented nature can ocassionally lead to his seeming oblivious to the feelings of others, disregarding Karlie's and Audrey's lingering attraction toward him and appearing callous when confronting Rami's potential bisexuality.

Nonetheless, Matteo is a friendly individual who attempts to bridge the gap between hard logic and emotion, often undertaking the role of a mediator and listener among his classmates and he tries to maintain this balance.

Appearance
Matteo has a slim build characterized by long, slender arms and legs and a narrow chest and abdomen. With rounded, chocolate brown eyes framed by reddish brown strands of shaggy hair, he has a thin, oval-shaped face with a typically unkempt hairstyle, which give him a boyish, youthful appearance that frequently lean on his seeming more "cute" than handsome.

Curiousities
Name: Ezra Mateo Artiaga

Hair color: Reddish Brown

Eye Color: Chocolate Brown

Complexion: Medium

Birthplace: San Jose, California

Pet Names: Ezzo (everyone)

Birth Date: June 1st, 1997 (age 13-14)

Ethnicities: Colombian, Costa Rican

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