Victoria

**Tia Victoria** is a recurring character in the Netflix series Julie and the Phantoms, and is the aunt to Julie and Carlos, and the sister-in-law to Ray.

She is portrayed by Alison Araya.

## Biography

Victoria is the biological sister of Rose Molina and the sister-in-law of Rose's husband Ray Molina. She is the aunt of Julie Molina and Carlos Molina.

### Season 1

Tia Victoria visits the Molinas to bring them homemade *pasteles* and *arroz* *con* *pollo*. She confronts Julie about leaving the music program and tells her she can now focus on classes that actually matter. She encourages [./https://netflix.fandom.com/wiki/Ray\_Molina Ray] to move out of their house so they can move on from [./https://netflix.fandom.com/wiki/Rose\_Molina Rose's] death. Ray holds her advice in high regard, though they ultimately decide not to move. (Wake Up)

Victoria rushes to the Molina household in order to confront Julie about missing three classes and her calculus test. She pushes Ray to punish her, resulting in Julie being grounded and sent up to her room to study. Ray is a bit frustrated in Victoria's presence, but expresses his appreciation of her help in parenting Julie and Carlos with Rose gone. Victoria, at the bequest of Ray, stays a couple of hours to look after Carlos. (Finally Free)

Victoria had been supervising Carlos' ghosthunting while Ray and Julie were away from the house. She interrupts her nephew's exploration of the house through his iPad to exasperatedly remind him that ghosts aren't real, unaware of the three ghosts watching the pair's interaction. In an effort to help Carlos, Reggie turns of the lamp, messes with the blinds and finally slips under a white blanket to move around. Faced with this unexplained presence in their house, Carlos presumes that the spirit is his mom, much to Victoria's protest. Carlos goes to take a video of Reggie's antics, but Victoria frantically drags her nephew away before he can successfully do so.

Victoria is then seen running out onto the driveway, interrupting Ray and Julie's conversation with her insistence that the Molina's house is haunted. Ray thinks that she's exaggerating to convince them to move houses, but Victoria is inconsolable. She states that if moves taught her anything, it's that when a house is haunted, you run. She quickly leaves the pair standing in their driveway, with Ray left incredulous and Julie left exasperated at the ghosts responsible. (Edge of Great)

She is seen with Ray and Carlos at the Julie and the Phantoms performance at the Orpheum. (Stand Tall)

## Background

### Personality

Victoria is pragmatic and straitlaced individual, and cares deeply about her family. After Rose died, she began checking up on the Molina's and bringing meals for them to eat for dinner.

Sometimes, Victoria's practicality and set way of doing things gets in the way of emotionally connecting with her family despite the obvious familial love between all of them. At the start of season one, she is vocal about her encouragement for the Molinas to move out of their house, despite Ray's stifled reluctance, and about her encouragement of Julie dropping out of the music program, despite Julie's previous passion for it. The Molinas feel they have to hide how slowly they are processing Rose's death when she is around. It is obvious, however, from Ray's vocal appreciation about her help parenting Julie and Carlos, to her FaceTime calls with Carlos and her presence during Julie's performance at the Orpheum, that she is well-loved and appreciated.

### Appearance

Victoria has curly light brown hair and brown eyes. She is first seen wearing a blue and gray floral-patterned tracksuit, and later in a red blouse. She wears red nail polish.

## Relationships

* Ray Molina - (brother-in-law)
* Julie Molina - (niece)
* Carlos Molina - (nephew)

## Trivia

* She didn't believe in ghosts before she was pranked by Reggie.
* She attends Pilates classes.
* Victoria is on Los Feliz High School's mailing list.