Reyna Mercado

Reyna, a character in The Sophomore, The Junior and The Senior series, is a student at Hartfeld University and an editor of the school's paper, The Knightly News. She is first seen in The Sophomore, Book 1, Chapter 2.

Appearance
Reyna has tanned skin, shoulder-length brown hair and brown eyes. She wears brown eyeglasses. She wears a gray vest with black trimmings and a bluish-gray top with buttons underneath.

Personality
Reyna is polite, soft-spoken and intelligent. She has been accepted as one of James' editorial staff for the Knightly News Daily of Hartfeld due to her stellar resume showcasing her passion for writing with numerous accomplishments. She has said that she's inspired by her Filipino mother, who is pursuing the same field.

Book 1

 * TBA

Book 2

 * TBA

Book 1

 * TBA

The Senior

 * Chapter 10: Imagine
 * Chapter 15: Changes (Determinant)

James Ashton
Reyna is a potential love interest for James (if he's single). In The Sophomore, Book 2, Chapter 15, he chose Reyna to be the new editor-in-chief for next quarter. Same system as the confidence, In The Sophomore, Book 2, if James is single and if you encourage his interest to Reyna, they become official in Chapter 13 or remain as friends.

Trivia

 * It is implied that she's a Filipino-American. It may be presumed that she also has Spanish Ancestry due to her surname "Mercado" which translates into English as "market".
 * Her name was a Filipinized variation of the Spanish word, "reina" means Queen.
 * In The Sophomore, Book 2, Chapter 5 it is revealed that she started her own high school newspaper from scratch in her sophomore year. When she graduated, the paper had taken off and they were able to uncover a budgeting error while writing about school funding.
 * In the same chapter, it is revealed that her hobbies are reading and knitting and that she is "a pretty big film buff".
 * She is a Junior in The Sophomore, Book 1 as confirmed in Chapter 15.
 * This is one of the reasons why James makes her the editor-in-chief after his graduation.
 * She appears as one of the people in attendance of the play that Your Character and James put the Northbridge Fringe festival in The Senior, Chapter 10.