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Peter Sunjata Essien

Peter Sunjata Essien- Black American (Ghanaian ancestry); Peter is a young honors student with Ghanaian ancestry who is often described as being very optimistic and enthusiastic, as well as sociable and talkative with his peers. He is known to enjoy entertaining conversation with anybody about his love for Japanese anime and culture. He is an outgoing and lighthearted boy who can frequently be found grinning or laughing easily at just about anything, with a love of sharing jokes to make his loved ones smile. He enjoys humor and helping others, as well as spending quality time with the ones that he cares about the most. An amateur comedian, Peter loves to playfully tease those around him and often tries to use his natural charm to impress his classmates, namely his love interest Tyna Smith. He is a fan and consistent follower of Noona Buckley's gaming channel and shares her sense of humor, leading him to develop a fondness for her. Despite his attraction to her, his advances are repeatedly dismissed by and misconstrued by her as being "annoying" and "bothersome". He still has never given up hope that one day, she will come to return his affections for her in some form or another. Peter is also a gifted student who readily excels in his classes, being good in his English courses due to his hidden talent to write poetry and rhymes. He curates a great Instagram feed of street art from various locations and also seems to like writing free-verse poetry when he can. He tends to make quick, spontaneous rhymes while eating lunch at the school cafeteria and is considered a talented rapper as well. Despite his immense love for J-Pop from Ayumi Hamasaki, Peter also enjoys Throwback Rap, being a big fan of LL Cool J. He also appreciates ScHoolboy Q and is a lover of music, having often mixed beats as a hobby with his uncle when he was younger. 

He is a fan of a diverse genre of music and periodically listens to alternative hip-hop and experimental rock music as well, considering the band Gorillaz to be among his favorites. Peter is sociable around crowds, as he would often start conversations with those he came across on the street even as he struggled to fit in after moving to the city. Though many of his acts are selfless, he is partly driven by his fluctuating self-esteem, which causes him to feel smaller than he truly is. He generally sits with the more popular kids at the lunch table, who enjoy his company due to his vibrant, comical personality, and his catchphrase is "Boo-yah Bah-Bam". His wisecracking demeanor can cause him to appear unprofessional or childish, with his humor also extending itself to his tormentors as he inadvertently provokes annoyance or irritation in them. An amateur entrepreneur, Peter aspires to become a music producer or go into music marketing in college if comedy doesn't prove effective for him. He serves as the class president a few later years, providing him with an ego boast as many of his peers begin considering him "very cool" by contrast to some of his other classmates. He could have a slight jealous streak when others tried to steal his spotlight, potentially stemming from him home life, where he is the often picked on middle child. His increased social status also causes him to develop a weaker sense of morality, as he becomes less open to helping others and more likely to doubt people or antagonize those he believes have wronged him. Peter can also be very prideful and had a habit of keeping photos of his ex-girlfriends up on his social media long after they'd broken up as a means of spiting them, often twisting the truth about his romantic encounters and refusing to accept defeat. 

Despite behaving somewhat selfishly, his close friend Reggie Cox, an African American student from Detroit, Michigan often serves as a realistic counterbalance to his arrogant attitude. He humbles down over time and is provided with the wake-up call he needed in order to get his act together, making him less pretentious by then. He also shows his compassionate side once more when he is taking the initiative in telling his older brother Zantis that a girl was manipulating him to get benefits from him, which proves that he still has good intentions despite his previously proud behavior. Peter was born and raised in Mount Vernon, New York and is generally described as a tall, handsome boy with a somewhat urban appearance. He has coarse, tightly kinked black hair that is styled in locs, as well as a dark, mocha-colored complexion and prominent dark brown eyes. His father is generally described as a devoted man who enjoys tending to his duties as both a respiratory therapist and provider for his family. He is seen as being slightly below average in height and heavyset, as he wears glasses and has dark brown eyes, a dark complexion that resembles the color of "brown espresso", afro-textured hair that he keeps buzzed down and a mustache above his upper lip. Peter's father stayed briefly with some relatives in Manchester after the birth of his first son and studied diligently every night to memorize the questions for his citizenship test. He tries to encourage his daughter Amber but can be a bit overprotective of her when it comes to her growing interest in paragliding. His wife in the meantime encourages their son and daughter to take pride in their racial background and African roots, promoting very afro-centric conditions in her home. 

She found their son's classmate Sharidan Tellez to be very artificial when he demonstrated a growing affection for her, although she gradually tries to get to know her better. Like Tyna, who attends the same church as him, Peter has strong Christian roots from his family's native Ghana and plays percussion for his church's band every Sunday. Although his relationship with her ultimately does blossom into anything more, he goes on to date Sharidan, a pretty and popular female student with whom he forms one of the school's power couples. As a first-generation immigrant who initially came to America with her husband shortly before her son was born, Mrs. Essien deeply cares for her family and children and goes great lengths to ensure their safety. Whenever she is not relaxing in the comfort of the television screen, she enjoys soap making and sharing elaborate homecooked meals with her extended family, as well as participating in barre with some of her closest female friends. Peter later works as a DJ in London for several years in his adulthood and marries a British woman of mixed English and Nigerian ancestry named Ujunwa, who works as an event planner for a large corporation. The pair tour the Seychelles together, island hopping and enjoying the diverse creole culture throughout their honeymoon. He ultimately has four kids in total with his future wife and is recognized as a funny dad whom everyone tends to adore. He gets a job as an SEO Specialist and continues to do standup comedy on the side, leading a happy life overall as he moves his family to Los Angeles. ENTP 7w8