Joy Cordero

**Joy Cordero** is one of the two main protagonists and more frequently the anti-heroine of Huwag Kang Mangamba. In the beginning, she held a deep grudge at Bro because of the many bad things that happened to her life. After meeting Mira, her heart started to soften once again, but still holds a grudge at Bro. When she was about to go to Manila, she reads a letter from her mom and receives a picture of her. After that, she apologizes to Bro, which he forgives her. She, along with Mira, now has the mission to return the faith of Hermoso to Bro. We can see her with Mira doing the greater good for other people. However, when she finds out the her mother is dead, or when Deborah and Agatha took Mira and Barang away from her, her heart filled with anger and revenge, which lead to her faith in Bro being questionable. But after talking to Bro, and when she finally meets her mother, she once again turns to the greater good and, along with Mira, promises to Bro to continue their mission. She is portrayed by Francine Diaz.

## Joy Cordero

### Alias(es)

Joy (By Maximo, Agatha, Deborah, Barang, Rebecca, Tomas, Joaquin, Diego, Pio, Rafa, Miguel and Simon)Ate Joy (By Mira and Sofia)

### Friends

Mira Cordero
Rafael Advincula
Pio Estopacio
Virginia Angeles
Ghie Andrade
Matteo Panganiban
Hans Alvarez
Joaquin Romulo

### Enemies

Deborah Delos Santos (archenemy)
Agatha Delos Santos (formerly)
Sofia Cordero (formerly))
Mira Cordero (formerly)
Simon Advincula (formerly)
Miguel Advincula (formerly)
Eva Marquez (formerly)
Joaquin Romulo (formerly)
Virginia Angeles (formerly)

### Family

Samuel Cordero (father)
Fatima Cordero (mother)
Mira Cordero (sister)
Sofia Cordero (half-sister)
Virginia Angeles (grandmother)

## Background

Whe she was just a baby, she was taken away from her mother, so she never met her in her life. She lives with Samuel and Agatha. Joy's father completely loves her, while her step-mother is the complete opposite. Whenever Samuel goes out on a mission, since he is a soldier, Agatha abuses Joy. This can be seen when Agatha locks up Joy in a cabinet after Samuel left (when she was a child) and when she locks up Joy again in a cabinet for being friends with Mira (when she is a teen). Fatima tries to take her daughter back, but gets killed by Agatha and Deborah. The only thing that Joy saw through the crack between the doors of the cabinet she was locked in was a pair of eyes. She also started to hold a deep grudge to Bro because of all the things she went through, but this was eventually gone in the end.

## Personality

She is mostly an angry, jealous, and negative person. This can be seen before Bro appeared to her for the first time. This can also be seen when Mira and Barang are taken away from her. Even after Mira comes back to Hermoso, she is still filled with hate in her heart and mind. She gets mad at Mira and Elias when their plans in returning Hermoso's faith to Bro is constantly successfully working. But she still decides to work together with them, especially when they expose Deborah's dark deeds just as she was about to baptize Joy to become one of her followers. So, in the inside, she is a good-hearted person. She enjoys helping other people, and she, along with Mira, are helping the people of Hermoso to return their faith to Bro. She can also be forgiving like Mira. She is a good person overall.

## Powers/Abilities

* **Ability to do Miracles** - Even though it is actually Bro doing the miracles, it is still Mira and Joy's prayers that made these miracles come true for other people, mainly for saving other people's lives.
* **Leadership** - When Mira was not in Hermoso, and when Deborah is ruling over the belief of the people of Hermoso, she tells her friends about their group called "Ekis" and tells them to stand up against Deborah.
* **Ability to Influence Others** - She, along with Mira, influences everyone to turn their faith back to Bro. One by one, with each new person they meet (like Diego, Fidel, Tomas, and many more), they mostly succeed in returning their faiths in Bro.
* **Ability to Forgive Others** - Like her sister, she can sometimes be forgiving. She does sometimes hold a grudge at anyone who has done bad to her, but this would eventually wear off.
* **Intelligence** - She, along with Mira, has figured out many ways to have the people of Hermoso return their faith to Bro. One by one, slowly but surely, in the end, they finally fully achieved this.