Victor Alvarez

"*In that case, maybe we can beat Monica by showing off your talents, and we will do it fairly, without tricks or smear campaigns against her, because if we do it, we would not be better than her, right? Because while she's telling lies about you, we will tell everyone about your wonderful ideas.... which we must think about right now.*"
—Victor commenting on beating Monica King fairly and without cheating.
**Victor Alvarez** is a main character that appeared in The Dancing Girl. Victor was a student who began attending UAM between 2015 and 2019 and was in the same year and career of Maritza Williamson. During his freshman year, he met and quickly befriended Maritza Williamson around the same time that she "kicked Monica King's ass" in one of their many confrontations, and together they continued to oppose and defend each other from Monica and her gang for most of their college years. He serves as the deuteragonist of The Dancing Girl.

## Overview

### Personality

Víctor Álvarez was considered a voracious reader and even at one point aspired to be the youngest professor, either at UAM or at another educational institution.

Victor was an incredibly brave, loyal, and selfless individual, demonstrated by his loyalty to his friends, primarily his best friend, Maritza Williamson, whom he helped and defended throughout his college years from Monica King and her gang of bullies.

Víctor is characterized by being very intelligent and hard-working, since he himself stated that after graduating he would like to become the youngest teacher, either at UAM or at another educational institution, and that he loves teaching others. Victor also loves video games and often plays them in his free time. Despite being very close to Maritza Williamson, he does not share her love of dancing and parties, since according to him "there are a lot of people and noise", and he prefers to be in a calm and quiet place, but despite this, sometimes he makes exceptions for special or unique occasions, such as the 'UAM Graduate Ball'.

Victor seems to be very appreciative of heroes, such as Ernesto, Jacob, and Jarliev, whom he greatly admires for their efforts to save the world, and even accepted right away Maritza's idea of hosting the Ernesto and Jacob-themed Graduate Ball.

## Pre-The Dancing Girl

Victor was born in Nicaragua in the late 1990s. For most of his childhood, Victor spent his time doing what he loved to do most, reading books, learning new and interesting things, and playing video games.

Over the years, his habits didn't change and remained the same by the time he got to college in 2015. In his first year, he witnessed Monica King's abuse towards the most defenseless students, even being one of her victims, until on one occasion, he saw how Maritza Williamson, another girl from his year, finally stood up to her and "she kicked her ass." Since then, Victor has admired and respected Maritza's courage for standing up to her and defending the other students who couldn't do it out of fear.

Over the years, they became good friends and together with their group of friends, they continued to support and defend each other against Monica and her gang of bullies, and together, they shared many experiences that they fondly remember.