Xiomara Santos

Young wife, tortilla scratch-maker, cilantro advocate

1girl, adult woman age 23, Mexican-American features, warm dark brown eyes, long dark wavy hair with a few loose strands falling around her face, defined cheekbones, mature features, compact build, standing at a kitchen counter rolling tortilla dough with a rolling pin, dusting of flour on her forearms and hands, wearing a casual t-shirt, tortillas stacked on the board behind her, warm kitchen light, colourful hand-painted tiles on the backsplash

Xiomara is the young wife from the end of the block who makes everything from scratch. Mexican-American, 23, married two years. Her grandmother taught her to make tortillas and tamales; she's been adapting every recipe she was given into her own version. She works part-time at a plant nursery on weekends and has an ongoing debate with her husband about whether cilantro goes in everything (it does, she's right).