#altagracia

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[tenantrightsattorneys]

Listen to Altagracia Pierre, a Lawyer Who Fights for Immigrants, on LI in the AM with Jay Oliver

Altagracia Pierre Outerbridge is the founder and owner of Outerbridge Law P.C., a law firm that handles landlord-tenant and immigration matters in New York. In this interview, she shares her story of immigrating from Haiti, pursuing her education, and launching her practice. She also explains how she helps her clients navigate these areas' complex and ever-changing legal landscape. Tune in to this inspiring and informative conversation.

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More side characters who get little screen time.

Altagracia owns and manages the hair salon that occupies the retail space below Gareth's office in Germantown. She's well-connected in Philly's Dominican community and a good listener…and she loves to gossip. She's always trying to bond with Gareth about how they both have romantic problems with men, but it just makes him uncomfortable.

Dr. Virginia Dearheart, the city medical examiner, does not appear in the text at any point, but I refer to her a few times. She's self-assured, practical, highly logical, and utterly disinterested in sex and romance. She smells of Chanel No. 5 and formaldehyde. I would really like to write her as a protagonist or major character in a future story.

Dalisay develops photos at the camera store where Gareth takes his surveillance work. They're not close, but they enjoy trading puns. She loves fantasy novels, skateboarding, and weed. She is constantly falling for one or the other of her many female friends, but is usually too shy to say anything.

Deborah, a professional accountant, provides consulting to Gareth on financial matters. She refuses to promise anything and is not very nice, but often delivers useful insights anyway. A widow, she lives alone but spends a lot of time playing bridge with her friends.

Randy is an 18-year-old runaway living in the East Falls rowhouse apartment above Gareth's. He works at 7-Eleven and hates it. He projects an air of chill to disguise that he's dissociating, and mainly expresses his feelings through music. He's into extreme sports and MTV and he's going to love the aesthetics of the 90s.

I wrote Sidney out of the story almost entirely, though she used to be a major figure in other stories set among these characters. An energetic, bisexual police detective, she considers herself a bit of a comedian. She enjoys the intimacy of using a nightstick on a suspect.

Reginald Hines has little screen time, but plays a pivotal role in the plot. He's Pansy and O'Connor's "straw buyer" -- unbeknownst to him, they are buying and flipping properties in his name. He's an unassuming middle-class guy, a middle manager at an auto manufacturer. His wife is pregnant with their second child; their desire to upgrade to a bigger house is what put them in contact with O'Connor.

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Sergio Vargas vuelve a la carga con "A Mi Manera"

"El Negrito de Villa", Sergio Vargas, está de regreso y luego de un proceso de selección, grabación y producción da a conocer su nuevo álbum "A Mi Manera" bajo el respaldo de J&N Records. "Si alguien ha podido representar el amor por el merengue, mi patria, mi gente, he sido yo. Por eso presento este álbum como siempre me ha gustado 'A Mi Manera' y así quisiera que lo reciban" expresó el artista oriundo de Villa Altagracia, República Dominicana. El ganador del Latin GRAMMY® 2021 en la categoría "Mejor Álbum de Merengue/Bachata con el disco "Sergio Vargas Es Merengue, ¿Algún Problema?" presenta esta nueva producción discográfica con 11 temas. Su nuevo disco contiene canciones como "Baila Conmigo", "No seas tan cruel", "Todo me huele a ti", "Lo Eres Todo" y muchos más, al estilo inconfundible de este gran artista. Su tema promocional "Baila Conmigo" fue compuesto por el productor Alex Mansilla y también por Ronny Cruz y el propio Sergio Vargas, además contó con la guitarra de Manuel Matos(Papo Guitarra), el bajo de Isaías Leclerc, en la tambora Joel Guzman, en las congas: Luis Mojica, en la Güira: Israel Simono, en los coros: René Geraldino, Dichens Salcedo, Katherine Ester Peña, en las trompetas: Rodhen Santos, en el saxofón alto: Nayade Macea y en el saxofón Tenor: Nayade Macea. La canción "Lo Eres Todo" es una versión en merengue de la exitosa balada interpretada por la cantante española Luz Casal, séptimo disco puesto a la venta en 1995. "El Pasado Es Pasado" es un tema escrito por el gran compositor Wilfran Castillo, interpretado en vallenato por Silvestre Dangondy lanzado en el 2008 en su álbum "El Original", además el nuevo álbum contiene una balada del gran Nelson Ned titulada "Las Cosas Cambiaran", lo cual evidencia el buen rango vocal que posee Sergio al interpretar piezas con el alma. Read the full article

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La Malhora

Bajo la onda fría 

Hasta principios de enero el invierno había sido muy moderado, pero el once llegó la onda fría y a las dieciséis del trece un cielo bituminoso como el asfalto mojado de las calles acababa de engullirse al sol. 

 -Mariano Azuela

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Vis a Vis characters dating headcanons

ft. macarena, estefanía, saray, zulema, fabio, anabel, altagracia, román, hanbal

a/n: at some parts it can be nsfw

x prisoner!reader (except Román and Hanbal part)

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⤷  Maracena Ferreiro Maca would be a bit nervous from the start because she had something with Curly (Rizos) but that didn't work out and she had some troubles with her sexuality and stuff so it was kinda messy from the start. But if you wait patiently she will be yours forever.

When she loves, she loves deeply and is willing to do ANYTHING for those she love. She will protect you with her life and she may become overprotective because many people in prison wants to hurt her so she's afraid they will use you to hurt her.

She promised herself that if you die, she dies too. She only has you and her brother left so she does everything that's in her power to protect you.

She often dreams at night about you and her being free, living together, having more privacy, money,... When stuff in prison get tense, she will sleep in bed with you to protect you. I mean she would sleep with you everyday in the same bed if she could but prison beds are really small.

Castillo will protect you as well because Maca told him. He protects her because of a promise he gave to her father, but Maca told him that if anything goes wrong, he has to save you first.

She smiles at you a lot, she probably smile at you the most, sometimes at Curly and Sole, Román, Mercedes, but when she smiles at you it's different. It's a warm, loving, caring smile.

She'll stroke your cheeks when you day pay attention or kiss them because she loves how you after that kiss you turn to look at her and smile, she loves your smile a lot!

⤷  Estefanía Kabila Curly (Rizos) is also very protective, same level as Maca just different. Curly has short temper so if someone even looks at you weirdly she will break their jaw. You're trying to help her with her short temper because it's causing her to spend more time in solitary confinement.

She's always by your side, day and night. At night she crawls to your bed and hugs you tight, while are you falling asleep in her arms she'll gently stroke your back or hair.

She will braid your hair if you let her or she'll just massage your scalp or wash your hair for you, because this is kinda her love language? Also she just really loves your hair.

When you come to Curly, she'll grab your hand and spin you, she just spin you one time so she can take a look at you (not like you wear the same clothes every day).

A lot of pda and trust me she isn't embarrassed, not at all! She doesn't care who's looking, she doesn't care about ending in the confinement, she just loves you and she wants to show the world her love for you.

She'll get your name tattooed close to her heart. Then she'll probably convince you to get a matching set with her.

When you are mad at her and giving her a silent treatment, she will slowly come to you when you're laying on your bed, she'll stroke your arm with one finger and then trace it down, then she'll kiss your neck,...after that you cannot stay mad at her.

⤷  Saray Vargas de Jesús Saray will love you till her death. She'll sacrifice everything just to protect/save you and by that I mean a stranger, money, animal, her friends like Zulema, Curly, Sole,... even her family and also herself.

As much as she'll willing to sacrifice, she's willing to take so she will kill for you, beat every single person who did you wrong and god help those who try and flirt with you in front of her, they're dead.

Every morning she'll wake you up with a gentle slap on your butt or a kiss, doesn't matter if you share a cell. Oh she loves your butt, like really. She always has her hand on it, squeezing it or slapping it and when you wear pants that have the back pockets on the butt then she will put her hand in the pocket.

Sometimes she'll just cup your face into her hands, brushing off your hair, take a few extra seconds to admire your face and then kiss your whole face.

Saray is very affective and caring if you take the time and build a relationship with her and gain her trust so don't be surprised when she kisses you or touches you in any way, every day.

She LOVES when you braid her hair it's also why she keeps them that long so you can braid them which means touching her for a long time because it takes a lot of time to braid her hair.

She'll sing and dance around the cell with you and she loves it.

She'll also get your name tattooed on the wrist, chest, neck or anywhere else you tell her.

⤷  Zulema Zahir

Zulema is the queen so not many people are brave enough to flirt with you but some tried... they're dead now. She's very protective and doesn't let anyone disrespect you, if that happens; she'll kill them or make them be your slave.

Every time Zule is not around, Saray is watching you. Zulema told her to do so, just in case. I don't think you realize how much you mean to her... she would and will without wasting any time thinking; trade her freedom for your safety. Her freedom is everything to her but it's nothing compares to you...

She likes to sleep close to you at night, not just next to you, you two have to be close so she can hug you and stroke your hair but she has to be "free" enough to be able to stand up quickly in case that someone would want to attack you.

She wants to escape with you, you are like her engine, motivation to keep going and to keep thinking about new ways how to get out. Just so you can live your life how you deserve, outside and free.

She secretly dreams about having a house with you, somewhere far away, near the beach and the sea...

She'll let you cut her hair or braid her hair or wash her hair, she will let you do it, because she loves when you touch her hair, it's very calming for her.

She's the dominant one. No one can change my mind.

⤷ Fabio Martínez León

Fabio will watch 24/7. Like ALL THE TIME. He'll make sure that no other prisoner bothers you, that you get enough good and warm food, enough water, any medical treatments, enough blankets, soaps and anything else, you name it.

He wants to make your life in prison as comfortable as he can and as safe as he can. So he's doing all of this for your good.

Sometimes he will randomly put you in confinement, just so he can be alone with you for few minutes, because there are no cameras. It's also because it's a lot safer there yk...

He'll try and get you out of prison if it's possible, he'll hire the best lawyers around and try to find a way. Trust me when I tell you that he's spending thousands on you, but he loves you..

If he somehow manage to get you out of prison, you and him will move somewhere far far away. But I think he would want to live in a caravan or van, so you can travel and drive around the world freely, just the two of you.

It's also because you just drive around the world so you don't stay at one place for too long. it's better for your protection and safety.

Cuddles at night are need. He'll stroke your hair and kiss your forehead before you fall asleep, so you know you are safe and that he loves you.

⤷ Anabel Villaroch

Anabel is another very protective woman but she's also pretty possessive. If you decide to date her, you belong to her, you are hers and no one else can have you.

Like I said she's another very protective woman and now she maybe be a bit paranoid because of Zulema and Maca, so she's watching you 24/7, herself. She doesn't trust anyone else now, just you and her.

The two of you will also spend most of the time in the library because it's "safer" there for you.

If you need anything like money, make-up, phone, drugs, anything... she'll get it to you. She'll contact her "friends" from the outside and let them bring it to her.

At nights, I feel like she needs a but of her personal space so she will kiss your forehead and cuddle you to sleep, but after you fall asleep, she'll move and sleep a bit from you, just to keep her space...

She'll wear a necklace with your initial on it and she'll never take it off, it's very dear to her... when she's feeling sad or hopeless or when she's at the confinement, she kissed the necklace, just to feel your presence...

She's a different person when she's with you, she smiles more, a real smile, she laughs and she feels more free...

⤷ Altagracia

If you thought that Zulema's or Anabel's protectivnes is a lot, then you are not ready for Altagracia's.

She's on a whole different level. She saw how they killed her lover and then find out that he wasn't sleeping just with her, so she has very low temper + trust issues.

If any prisoner even dares to harm you, they are dead already, they signed their death wish.

She'll try to get you out of prison as quickly as possible but it takes some time and some money.

Sometimes she gets frustrated so she takes you to the confinement and fucks you till you pass out, but you love it.

Also she sometimes manages to get you out of prison and take you home for few days without anyone noticing (yeah, somehow she does it) and at these times she spends every minute with you, she cooks with you, cuddle with you, shower with you, etc...

She'll watch your every step, she also has access to the cameras so she really see everything. If someone is threathing to you and you don't tell her, she'll find out, punish you and kill the prisoner.

⤷ Román Ferreiro

Román now has only you and his sister, Maca. He does everything he can to protect you from everything. He became a bit paranoid from all the chaos and murders... it also affected his sleep a lot...

He has a problem falling a sleep and it takes time to calm him and make him fall asleep, he's also became a light sleeper so he might wake up durning the night.

Which helps him tho, is when you cuddle him or stroke his hair, cheek or when you kiss his forehead...

Another very protective person, like I already said he became a bit paranoid so he's VERY protective.

He loves you, a lot. He cannot imagine his life without you and if someone killed you or harmed you, he'd go feral!

You two live in a caravan and travel a lot. From time to time you visit Maca in the prison. But otherwise you are just driving around, he think that it's safer when you don't stay at one place for too long...

Sometimes it's too much on him and he needs to rest, it's the time when his paranoia and anxiety get the best of him, like for example he spends endless nights looking out of the window with a gun in his hands just because he think that danger is coming, someone who will hurt you... so at these times you have to drag him to the bed with you and cuddle him to sleep. Lots of words of affirmation and kisses will calm him down.

⤷ Hanbal Hamadi

He'll treat you like a queen, literally. You are his pride, his queen, his everything. He'll show you off a lot and he'll also do a lot PDA, I mean he's not ashamed at all, he can just fuck you in front of everybody.

You're his and he's yours; this is his moto, kinda?? Basically it means that no one can touch you and if anyone try, he'll kill them.

Lots of traveling together. Somewhere away, somewhere warm with a sea and a beach... so like Turkey, Egypt, Arabia, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, etc...

He's very touchy and possessive. He has to be touching you all the time, even if it's just a pinkie or a slight touch on your thigh. But what he loves the most is probably your butt and face. He loves when he can squeeze your butt or lay on it, it's soft and he can squeeze it, yk yk...

And your face, well because he loves your face. He always tells you that you are the most beautiful woman he ever saw in his life. He also loves your facial expressions, especially the small one that you probably don't even notice..

He'll tease you a lot and then he'll just laugh at your reaction. He finds it really cute and he cannot stop, unless it's making you uncomfortable.

He loves dancing with you. Doesn't matter if you cannot dance or you are bad at it, just dance with him. Move around the kitchen with him or the beach or in the sea, everywhere.

[hopefulkidshark]

Playa Publica Dominicus, Bayahibe, Dominican Republic: Playa Dominicus is a popular beach on the Caribbean coast of Dominican Republic. This is a perfect tourist destination with luxury resorts, palms and white sand. If you want to escape from the crowd, you can walk to the left. The coast will become more secluded or even completely wild.

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kissing at sunset

[murcielagatito]

yes i'm normal about her. i need to gnaw on her like a no. 2 pencil

[tenantrightsattorneys]

Expert Legal Insights: Altagracia Pierre Outerbridge on LI in the AM

Dive into the world of law with Altagracia Pierre Outerbridge, as she shares her expert legal insights on 'LI in the AM' with Jay Oliver. This episode offers a unique perspective on legal matters, providing listeners with advice and knowledge to better understand the complexities of the legal system. Don't miss out on this informative discussion that could empower you with the legal acumen you need.

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Tokischa & Arca 💖 Rakata

Arca’s Instagram - June 1, 2023

Mira, hija, ja

Mundo ya va, ya va

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me when i post fanart of my own characters

[itsmyfriendisaac]

Raising Victor Vargas: in order to salvage his reputation, a self proclaimed playboy from the Lower East Side spends the Summer pursuing Judy, one of the few girls able to see right through that macho façade. His antics outside come into conflict with two younger siblings & a strict grandmother at home!

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Abandoned boat off the coast in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

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✩🦸‍♂️💜Review:

Where have superhero romance novels been all my life?!?

I thoroughly enjoyed this new genre of writing that Zapata explored in ”When Gracie Met the Grump.” It was really easy to become fully immersed in the fictional world she created because it is modeled after our own with the only difference being the presence of superheroes. As a huge Marvel and DC Comics fan, I was immediately intrigued by the Trinity, the Zapata equivalent of the Avengers and the Justice League. Gracie’s interactions with The Defender after he crash lands in her yard slowly reveal bits and pieces surrounding the Trinity’s relation to mankind and each other, their unique abilities, and the thinking behind who they choose to save. Zapata’s choice to withhold information until the very last moment maintained a sense of mystery that kept me engaged to the very last page. 

Aside from the superheroes, another aspect I loved about the book was the relationship development between Gracie and The Defender. The two start out as strangers and quickly become “temporary friends” when they are kidnapped by the cartel. With The Defender out of commission, Gracie prioritizes his needs over her own to nurture him back to health and increase their chances of escape. Gracie’s willingness to care for him despite her precarious situation is what ultimately convinces The Defender to let down his walls and let her be “best friend number 20” (in actuality, she holds the number 1 spot). 

While he still gives Gracie a hard time on occasion with his grouchiness, The Defender proves to be a big softie by the novel’s end. I love how protective he is of Gracie, how he goes above and beyond to ensure she feels safe, and how he finds ways to make her dreams come true after living such a sheltered life. Most of all I love how Zapata took her time establishing the intricacies and depth of their friendship before gradually delving into their romantic relationship.

➤ 4.25 stars

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sketches from school :V