Dina Duran

**Dina Duran (née Perez)** is one of the main characters on *Gabby Duran & The Unsittables*. Dina is the mother of Gabby and Olivia Duran by her ex-husband, Bruce Duran.

She was portrayed by **Valery Ortiz.**

## Personality

She's career-driven but still cares and support her daughters, Olivia and Gabby.  She is likely bilingual, as she often addresses her kids with Spanish endearments.

## Biography

In So Your Gor-Monite Child is Going to Explode, Dina moves their family from Miami to Havensburg. Dina quickly appears on mugs, due to her new job, a newscaster on News 6. She supported Gabby when she wasn't fitting in and gave her a *Daughter of the Month* certificate.

## Relationships

### Gabby Duran

Gabby is Dina's daughter, they've had to move a lot and when Gabby was having trouble making friends in Havensburg, she supports by giving Gabby a certificate and supports her in making friends as she was happy when Gabby was friends with Wesley Presley.

### Olivia Duran

Olivia is Dina's youngest daughter. They share a lot in common as being over high-achieved people. Gabby believes that she hasn't done anything in the family but Dina still cares for Gabby too.

## Trivia

* Her maiden name is Perez.
* She is extremely found of mugs, particularly ones which bear her likeness.
* She maintains a shelf for Duran family achievements.
* Gabby and Olivia appreciate her position as a single mother so much that they create "Dia de la Dina" to further recognize her parental efforts.
* In her school days, Dina Perez won her county Geography Bee and she still cherishes the trophy.
* She has an alternate persona she sometimes depends upon, "Masha from Moscow."
* She has an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, Bruce Duran.
* She considers the Ratita puppet to be her family's most precious heirloom.
* Prior to Enter the Dranis, she was the only main character that didn’t know that Gabby babysits aliens.
* In Mom Wipe, Gabby had wiped Dina's memory about knowing Gabby babysits aliens.
	+ In The Vibe Dina's neural pathways are out of balance.
* She can make certain dishes which her mother, her daughters' Abuela, taught her how to cook.
* Unbeknownst to Dina, four imperfect clones of herself now reside on the planet Dougulon XII.
* In the D.U.M.B. Altered Timeline, Dina reads many books meant to restore her broken family, and resorts to seeking professional help from Dr. Skysdaad, as her daughters, rebel Gabby, and withdrawn loner Olivia, have become too much for her to handle. Dina decides to send Gabby back to Miami to live with her ex-husband Bruce, in The Fault in Our Star Night.
* In the *Gabby Duran* book series Gabby's mother is named Alice, a former scientist turned caterer after the disappearance of her husband. Dina, is from a newscaster that bothers Gabby, who appears in *Gabby Duran: Triple Trouble*.
* She has made the least appearances in the show.
* Dina does not appear in the episodes:
	+ Crybaby Duran
	+ Crushin' It
	+ The Darkness
	+ Who is Joey Panther?
	+ Tailoring Swift
	+ Warm, Thick, and Saucy
	+ Dude, Where's My House?
	+ A Song of Gabby & Susie
	+ GOAT of the Month
	+ Adventures in Alien House-Sitting
	+ Extreme Ruckus
	+ Shoe-Dun-It

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