Mercedes Rodrigo

**Mercedes Daniela Rodrigo** (born May 23, 2000) is an American businesswoman and former music agent, manager, publicist, and singer-songwriter. Her career in music began as the lead singer for the band The Scarlet Letters, along with writing many of the band's songs. After the band disbanded in 2020, she attended Grand Canyon University and earned a degree in marketing and advertising.

She interned at Tomorrow Records' LA branch the summer before her senior year of college, and was offered a job as a marketing assistant upon her graduation in 2025. She eventually was promoted to publicist, and represented the artists Jasmine London, Pandora, and Jordan White.

In 2029, Rodrigo was moved to the management department per her request, and became Jasmine London's (her self-proclaimed "favorite client") manager.

Following the allegations in 2032, Rodrigo left Tomorrow Records and started her talent agency, Sadie Rodrigo Talent Studio. She, alongside her colleague, Dylan Hayward, managed several clients while based in LA.

In 2040, upon hearing of Tomorrow Records' struggle to thrive, took over as chairman. There, she rebranded it and promised to "return to the principals it was founded on."

## **Early Life**

Mercedes Rodrigo was born on May 23, 2000 in Phoenix, Arizona. Her mother, Laura Rodrigo, was a bookkeeper, and her father, Luis Rodrigo, was a data-entry clerk. She has two siblings, an older sister named Savannah and a younger brother named Roman. Her youngest sibling, Gloria, died when she was 10 from leukemia.

Rodrigo loved music from a young age, she would beg her parents to give her voice lessons and always sang in school and church choirs. She was also taught how to play the classical guitar by her older sister, but quickly lost the ability after a period of not using it. She also took violin lessons for a lot of her adolescence.

She attended Grand Canyon University from 2021 to 2025, majoring in marketing and advertising with a minor in professional writing. She was a member of the GCU Choral Society, despite not majoring in music.

In 2038, Rodrigo married Harmony Claire, a publicist.

## **Career**

### **The Scarlet Letters**

Against her parents' wishes, Rodrigo formed The Scarlet Letters in 2017. She was the lead singer, and also wrote many of the band's songs. For their debut, self-titled EP, only one of the songs was not written by Rodrigo.

The four joined *Murdock's Trinity Records & Promotions,* a local record label, and began to work on their debut album, *Promiscuous.* Most of the songs on this album were written by band member Arizona Edwards, but Rodrigo did contribute a lot of the songs to the album and sang all but 2. The album was released on July 20, 2018.

The band achieved moderate success within the Phoenix area and Arizona as a whole, and minor success in the surrounding states. They performed at small festivals and events in the area, they were especially popular at LGBT and feminist events due to the themes within their music.

Their last project was the mini-album *Gentlemen,* a satire album from the point of view of a misogynistic man. The album was almost entirely written by Rodrigo. It was released on June 7, 2019. The band began to fall apart shortly after the album's release due to infighting over which direction the band should go. The band disbanded in 2020, using the pandemic as an excuse.

Rodrigo caved to her parents' pressure and decided to no longer pursue music, despite wanting to pursue a solo career like Edwards