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Maria Thisbe (@MagmaKepner) [5]

Name: Maria [Marie] Thisbe

Age: 27

Physical Description:  Fair skin is free of her teen blemishes, and Marie must say that's her  one defining trait. Curly light brown hair with natural blonde  highlights fall just below her slim shoulders, but she often keeps it  tucked up and away from her face. She stands at a hearty 5'6", and while  not entirely towering, she seems far lankier due to her small frame,  often due to the limited time for meals when she was in her schooling.  Dark brown eyes are often hidden behind her glasses, and she has a  bright smile often held solely for exciting prospects rather than menial  matters. She always seems to be in the middle of thinking, and is often  seen with a canvas tote rather than a purse.

Personality: Ever  since Marie was young, she found herself yearning for adventure. An  inquisitive mind surrounded by those who pushed her in her endeavors,  she found solace in knowing she could experiment with whatever she  pleased and not be reprimanded. Still, she was quiet, preferring the  company of books or her family than the prospects of introducing herself  to the much louder and rowdier group that was her peers. Once she  reached University, however, she opened up more, finding her voice and  actively participating in debates or things that piqued her interest.  Though often feeling that inadequacy plagues her, she also has a  tendency to be rash when it comes to eliminating such inadequacy,  causing sudden actions that she often questions later. Still, however,  she's intelligent and she feels the need to build loyalty with other  people even if it causes her strife. Recently she's become increasingly  anxious to complete something in her life.

Brief Background:  Growing up with a pair of teachers as parents, she was never far from  schoolwork. From an early age she was adept at her studies and though  she coursed through her years in school, she found herself alone for  much of school, until high school when she found a group of like-minded  kids. The trio went their different ways, however, once University hit,  and Marie was once more left alone and she suddenly found herself with  challenges unfaced in her previous years.
Her parents, Jane and  Matthew, both supported her endeavors, and Marie has a young brother,  Christopher, 18 now, who is currently entering University for molecular  biology. It is for this reason, Marie is happy for, that her schooling  is now entirely finished.
She attended the University of Michigan to  complete her BSc in Astrophysics, and later received her Masters before  she spent a summer in France as an intern at the Paris Observatory. She  completed her PhD last June and relocated to Washington D.C., with her  family living in Michigan still. In Washington, she's found work at the  Observatory there, but has found recently the work is dragging her down  and causing her to question her pathway in life. While she was in France  she developed an appreciation for other female scientists, notably  Marie Curie, whom she feels she should try to embody as she finds their  similar names should drive her to become a better scientist rather than  having a simple job at an observatory.
Why they signed up: Her need  for adventure as her life has increasingly been filled with worrying  thoughts about her future. She wants to do something with her life, to  discover something large, and as she currently is not publishing in  theoretical space-time physics journals, she feels compelled to attempt  something else.

Anything Else: She lives in a flat above a bakery shop with her cat Puddles.

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Audition Score: 21.5/24
Audition Ranking: 1st