Maruchi Diaz-Coto

Armando Diaz-Coto (Ex-Husband)

Rodrigo (Ex-Husband)

Gloria (Sister)

Rolando (Brother-in-Law)

Jasleiney (Niece)

Jaime (Nephew)

Flor (Sister)

Benito (Brother-in-Law)

Michi (Niece)

Carucha (Aunt)

Chuchi (Pet)

**Maruchi Diaz-Coto** is the mother of Laritza Diaz-Coto, the youngest sister between Gloria and Flor, and the third child of Abuela. She is a hairdresser who works from home and is known to gossip often, even in inappropriate times or places.

## Appearance

Maruchi Diaz-Coto is a middle-aged woman with highlighted, chin-length hair and U-shaped bangs. She usually wears red lipstick and nails, and dark eye shadow. She likes to go for more sexy type outfits and is particularly fond of leopard print. She also wears earrings and jewelry, such as bracelets and necklaces. For her "work attire," she commonly wears a black apron with a pair of pink scissors and a comb embroidered on it. She does have smooth skin, like all characters played by Jenny Lorenzo.

Although Maruchi initially debuted in "Tías Answer Your Questions On LOVE // #ValentinesDay," she started having regular character appearances and character development in "Maruchi The Hairdresser - The Comb."

## Character

Maruchi is known for gossiping. She gossips the most with Fidelia, her employee and best friend, and sometimes with other friends such as Lorena and Cessa; at times, she may even gossip with her hairdressing clients. Maruchi used to be self-employed at her own house, but had to move locations after the head of the HOA of her community evicted her on the grounds of owning a beauty salon in a residential area. So, she now does her hairdressing business at Abuela's new house, which currently isn't owned by an HOA.

Maruchi's daughter, Laritza, constantly complains about her actions. Maruchi most of the time talks on the phone and never hangs up. When Laritza constantly asks Maruchi to make Mac & Cheese for her, she usually gets annoyed at Laritza's lack of experience at making Mac & Cheese. Maruchi also persistently lampoons Laritza for not having a boyfriend (and often failing when she gets one) and being immature for her age. Laritza does the same to Maruchi. Although they do this, they still have a mother-daughter relationship, however; this is shown particularly in "New Year's Resolution FAIL," where they break both of their new year's resolutions by sitting down and "watching reruns of The Price is Right", the exact same thing Laritza complained about her mother.

She celebrates holidays early, along with Jasleiney, as seen in "When Your LATINA MOM Decorates for the Holidays WAY TOO EARLY!"; Laritza gets confused at this, much to the same extent as Gloria is toward Jasleiney. When Jasleiney debuted— and when the family first got to see her— she was shocked to the same extent as Abuela. Unlike Abuela, she does not get shocked every time she sees her. She lampoons Gloria for lying about Jasleiney and making her look adventurous and caring; in one example, Gloria says that Jasleiney went to Japan, even though she appeared right after Gloria said that.

Maruchi likes cats and, according to Gloria in "The Misu Queen (A Tiger King Parody)," Maruchi has even brought in snails in the house when they were younger. She and Gloria don't really get along, and complains that Flor is "super panicky." ("Laritza and the "Tiki Tiki")

## Trivia

* Following the pilot episode of "Pelocura," Maruchi and her daughter, Laritza, live with Abuela after they had secretly moved in her house, who lives in a 55+ community. They later moved out, however, to a new home ("Abuela’s Family Moves Out - Finale??").
* Maruchi, according to Gloria, used to bring in snails in the house when they were children ("The Misu Queen (A Tiger King Parody)").
* Maruchi is 3% Italian, according to an ancestry website ("When You Meet Your Ex's Girlfriend").
* Maruchi has a crush on Rick Moranis, the leading man in the movies, "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves" ("When Your LATINA MOM Decorates for the Holidays WAY TOO EARLY!").
* As a child, she used to wear glasses, similar to her niece, Michi. It's possible that she either wears contacts, or had lasik surgery.
* She has a website designed by Laritza. (When your shady LATINA AUNT pays you a SURPRISE VISIT)
	+ In the same episode, she uses AOL under the email "PeluqueraChula96@AOL.com".
* It's revealed in "Sangiving With Your Exes" that Maruchi was married to Armando until Laritza was 19. Since Maruchi was single by the time Laritza is 24, that means Maruchi's marriage to Rodrigo was considerably shorter than to Armando.
* According to an Instagram post from March 30, 2021, Maruchi had created an account on Badoo, an online dating app, with the following information about her:
	+ Single
	+ Straight
	+ Children: Already Have
	+ Non-Smoker
	+ Drinker
	+ English
	+ Height: 5'2
	+ Undergraduate Degree
	+ Extrovert
	+ Dog(s)
	+ Spiritual
	+ Leo