Estella Martinez

Estella 'Stella' Geny Martinez is a 23-year-old girl from Freeridge, and the main protagonist of Netflix's original series "On My Block". Becoming a mother at just the age of 17 years old, Estella does whatever she can to keep her five-year-old daughter, Valerie, away from gangs and drugs.

Biography
Estella was born and raised in Freeridge, a city in California ruled over by Los Santos, protecting it from the rival gang, the Prophet$. She comes from a very loving family and is the oldest child out of five kids. She had an on/off relationship with Santos leader Oscar Diaz, who goes by Spooky by the Santos. When she was 17 years old, Estella dropped out of high school when found she was pregnant with her daughter, Valerie. To help support her and her daughter, Estella gets a job at Dwayne's Joint BBQ and with the help from the rest of her family members, she raised her daughter by herself and kept Valeri a secret from Oscar.

Personality
Estella is a protective, motherly, and hard-working woman. Not only is she very protective of her daughter and her younger siblings, Estella is protective of her younger friends; Monse Finnie, Jamal Turner, and Cesar Diaz and becomes the "Mama Bear" for the crew. She even acts as mother figure towards Monse, whose real mother left when she was only two years old. She is very kind towards the customers at Dwayne's Joint BBQ and has a good relationship with Dwayne, who became a second father figure in her life. She tries very hard to keep Valerie away from the gangs of Freeridge and even keeps her away from Oscar. However, when Oscar says he wants to be in Valerie's life, Estella lets him, as long as Valerie is kept away from his business with the Santos.

Physical Appearance
Estella is a beautiful 23-year-old Latina female with fair skin, dark wavy brown hair, and dark brown eyes. She stands around the height of 5'5" and has a slim built to her. She wears whatever she feels comfortable in and when she's working, she wears a Dwayne's Joint BBQ shirt and wears her hair in a high bun. She has pierced ears, wears a ring that Valerie had given her, and in season two, she owns a Santos cross necklace that Oscar had given her for protection.

Valerie Martinez-Diaz
Valerie is Estella's five-year-old daughter. She had Valerie when she was 18 years old, becoming pregnant with her at just 17 years old. She loves Valerie with all of her heart and does whatever she can to protect her. She loves to play tea party, dress up, and enjoys reading to Valerie, loving every minute of her time she spends with her daughter.

Oscar Diaz
Oscar is Estella's on/off boyfriend. The two were high school sweethearts but when he was jumped into the Santos, their relationship went downhill.

Ruby Martinez
Ruby is Estella's younger brother. Out of the rest of their siblings, Estella and Ruby share a strong bond with each other and hardly argue with each other, though they love teasing one another. Despite being younger than Estella, Ruby is very protective of her and was the first to find out that she was pregnant. He was very supportive of her and helped her every step of the way while she was pregnant. All in all, the two share a bond that can't be broke.

Trivia

 * Estella became a high school dropout at age 17 when she found out she was pregnant with Valerie.
 * She is known as the "Mama Bear" to the crew.
 * She's worked at Dwayne's Joint BBQ for five years to support her and Valerie.
 * Estella and Oscar were high school lovers until their junior year when he joins the Santos gang.
 * Estella found out she was pregnant the same day Oscar was arrested.
 * Estella kept Valerie a secret from Oscar until Chapter Five.