Rio Morales (Earth-1610)

**Overview**
Quotes

- ****Rio Morales****[src]

**Rio Morales** is the mother of Miles Morales and wife of Jefferson Davis. She is a strong and encouraging presence in Miles' life whose support helps Miles keep his head above water when he feels overwhelmed.

## Biography

### Early Life

*"You grew up in a struggling immigrant family"
"I'm from Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico is part of America"*
―Weber and Rio Morales[src]

Rio Morales was born to Gloria Morales in Puerto Rico, she would eventually leave her home city and move to New York City, more specifically to Brooklyn where she would meet and marry police officer Jefferson Davis, with whom she would father a son Miles Morales while she became a nurse in Brooklyn.

### Collider Crisis

On the day that Miles would start at his new school, she would ask him to hurry up with his packing and kiss him many times at the door before he left.

Rio and Jeff knew that Miles was struggling to adjust to his new school, Brooklyn Visions Academy. When Miles returned home one night, Rio welcomed him wholeheartedly, asking Jeff to understand what their son was going through. That night, she and Jeff watched in shock as news of Spider-Man's death was broadcast.

Miles became unreachable for days after this, worrying Rio and Jeff, only to resurface by calling Jeff on the night of the last earthquake, during which Rio was at the hospital helping evacuate their patients.

### Meeting With Weber

Rio and Jeff meet with Mrs Weber, Miles's counselor to discuss his grades. Later after Miles arrives to the meeting, she reveals his grades which are good at first until she gets to Spanish, which Miles has a B in. This upsets Rio, and she snaps her fingers at him, with Miles saying that it's not his fault, with Rio getting more upset. When Miles tells his parents how many classes he missed in Spanish, he shocks them by saying 5, with Mrs Weber saying it's actually 6, and Rio commenting on how he's dead.

Later, in the conversation, Mrs Weber says that Miles' family is a struggling immigrant family, with Rio commenting on how she is from Puerto Rico, with Puerto Rico being part of America. Mrs Weber says Miles' dream is to attend the top rated physics program in the nation at Princeton University in New Jersey. Rio is shocked by this and says that it's too far and when Miles says how New Jersey is supposedly "far" from Brooklyn, Rio says that there are many great schools in Brooklyn.

Miles says that the university has the quantum researchers in the country, and that they are moving electrons across dimensional threshsholds and that they are studying dark matter, and how he could travel across other dimensions. Jeff and Rio both don't approve of it. Miles then says he has to go, with Rio asking if he ordered the cakes for tonight, and when Miles stumbles out of the room stuttering on his words, Rio is disappointed and asks what are we going do with him.

Jeff then also leaves and Rio gets upset because everyone keeps leaving, leaving her the only one in the room left with Mrs Weber. Mrs Weber then says that he is lying to you, with Rio at first mistaking it for Jeff, but with Mrs Weber saying that it's Miles that's lying to them, and she thinks that Rio knows it too.

Jefferson's Promotion Party

## Personality

Rio always acted as a mediator between her son and husband, who sometimes bickered about how Jefferson treated Miles. Rio would try to tone down Jeff's blunt honesty while she would reassure Miles that his father did the things he did out of love. After the collider crisis and Miles falling grades at school, she acts a bit more strict but remains understanding and truly wishes for the best for her son and hopes he does not get lost growing up. She initially appears to be very wary of Gwen during their first meeting however, during their second meeting after seeing how much Gwen cares for her son her opinion is visibly improved on her and she implores her to bring Miles home.

## Abilities

* **Bilingualism:** Morales is fluent in her native Spanish, as well as English.

## Relationships

### Family

* Jefferson Davis - Husband
* Miles Morales/Spider-Man - Son
* Gloria Morales - Mother

### Allies

* Gwendolyn Stacy/Spider-Woman - Son's best friend/love interest

## Trivia

* Rio along, with her husband, Jefferson Davis believe Gwen Stacy's real name to be "Gwanda".

## External links

* Rio Morales on the Marvel Database (this version)
* Rio Morales on the Marvel Database (basis)