Maya & Miguel - Characters

Characters

The show centers around 8 main characters. Other characters are included, such as family, but the show mainly revolves around these characters:

• Maya Santos: An energetic ten-year-old Latin-American girl who always manages to include her twin brother and friends into her crazy adventures. She enjoys playing soccer and cheerleading. Whenever Maya comes up with an idea, she always says "¡Éso es!" (That's it!) and her hair bow lights up; as shown in "The Bet" it will continue to glow until she says "¡Éso es!". She can sometimes be very stubborn, ignorant, and naive, and tends to get involved in other peoples' business. Although most of her ideas don't go the way she plans them, they somehow manage to accomplish their original objective. Maya's heart is always in the right place. Voiced by Candi Milo.

• Miguel Santos: A ten-year-old Latin-American boy who is Maya's older twin (by 3 minutes). He is slightly more practical and sensible than his twin sister, and enjoys playing soccer and drawing. Every time Maya gets an idea, he gets a bad feeling about it. He knows Maya means well, but he thinks she gets more involved in other people's problems than need be. He keeps track of Maya's ideas that have gone wrong, which annoys Maya. However, he would sometimes admit that an idea of hers is the best idea yet. He is also slightly smarter than his sister. He has a crush on a girl named Kylie, who apparently feels the same way. He gets along very well with his cousin, Tito. Voiced by Nikka Frost.

• Maggie Lee: Maya's Chinese-American friend. She is very dramatic, fashionable, and talented. She rarely disagrees with Maya's ideas. She loves dancing and cheerleading. She is learning Spanish. Voiced by Lucy Liu.

• Theo McEwen: Miguel's best friend and soccer buddy. He is African-American. Theo loves sports as much as Miguel and sometimes they are rivals. In a Christmas episode, Theo is shown to be bullying Miguel due to his dislike of school, but this was only because it was a "what-if" episode. Theo often gets A's in his classes. He is more intelligent than his friends. He is seen using gadgets which he made himself. Theo is often the voice of reason among his friends. He is also shorter. Voiced by Jamal Mixon.

• Tito Chávez: Maya and Miguel's seven-year-old cousin who moved to the U.S. from Mexico with his parents. He lives in the same apartment complex. He admires his cousin Miguel. He admires Miguel so much that he even tried to look and act like him, to Miguel's pleasure, in the episode: I've Got to be Miguel. He loves to play soccer and is a big fan of a wrestler named El Guamazo Lopez, the "greatest luchador" from Mexico City. Voiced by Candi Milo.

• Chrissy Lum: Maya's Dominican-American friend. She is very sensitive and level-headed (sometimes she can also be gullible). Chrissy sometimes points out the flaws in Maya's plans, similar to Miguel. She likes cheerleading, cats, and the color pink. Voiced by Elizabeth Pena.

• Andy Arlington: A 10-year-old English-American boy who was born with only one arm and is Miguel's friend. Often seen in the background with Miguel and Theo, he likes to play soccer, basketball, and baseball. Andy comes from a wealthy family. He does not consider himself to be better than anyone else, though. He has a crush on a Mexican girl named Esperanza, but was nervous about speaking with her as he cannot speak Spanish well and she is not fluent in English. Besides meeting and being nervous about meeting Esperanza, it is not known whether or not they are still together. Voiced by Jeannie Elias.

• Paco: A bilingual parrot who is the twins' pet, originally owned by their abuela. Most commonly heard saying "Pretty Bird" and "What about Paco, what about Paco?", he often gets loose, causing much trouble and confusion. He often reacts to figures of speech, (mostly ones about birds) thinking they are real. Voiced by Carlos Alazraqui.