Editing Gabriel Cordova (section)

==Backgrounds==

===Contacts 3===
Gabe's major contacts are various professionals who share his desire to improve the lives of the local youth, even if it means bending the laws a bit.
*Nancy Borland is a history teacher at Gabe's high school and is inspired by his willingness to put his students' lives before his own.  She hopes to one day be as strong of a role model as Gabe and occasionally helps him research information in his investigations.
*Isaac Maynard is a social worker who has aided Gabe in resolving domestic problems in his students' home lives.  Isaac wishes more people would show as much concern for teenagers as Gabe does and never gives a second thought to providing him with a bit of info here and there regarding certain indviduals' public files and sometimes even personal information or criminal records when he can manage it.
*Caesar Escobar is an assistant district attorney who is an old friend of Gabe.  Though he is unable to force the D.A. to take actions based on Gabe's word, the two have long traded tips regarding various cases and investigations.

===Followers 1===
Gabe's followers are a handful of students who he managed to help out of bad situations and give them fresh starts in life.  They are his biggest supporters and often try to involve themselves in his more "pro-active" endeavors, whether he asks for their help or not (usually not -- he is rather uneasy with the idea of endangering them).  Though none of them individually have a great deal of expertise or influence in anything, they are proud to help in any way they might be able.
*Anna Waits was devastated by her mother's suicide and had been depressed for years until regular talks with Mr. Cordova gave her the strength to find happiness again -- she is now a hopeful for the cheerleading squad.
*Jerome Collins was sure he was headed nowhere in life and was ready to drop out of school until a number of timely interventions by Mr. C proved to him that his aptitudes were far greater than he'd ever realized -- he now has a deep interest in a wide range of subjects and is quickly climbing up the student achievements roster.
*David Wallace had a history of aggression and faced expulsion until he tried to tussle with a certain teacher -- he has a better grasp on his emotions now and has actually become quite adept at helping others through their own emotional problems
*Mimi Nguyen lived with an abusive father until her science teacher helped give her the courage to get him out of her life and behind bars -- she's determined to never let someone bully her again and has started taking self-defense courses when not helping her mother repair their fractured home life.
*Mark Alonso's life was saved a bit more literally than most when Mr. Cordova managed to fight off a strange beast that had assaulted him near the school grounds at night -- though he never figured out precisely what the monster was, Mark has begun take occult research pretty seriously as of late.

===Influence 1===
Though he holds no real power in the city, Gabe has a great deal of sway with the local PTA and is well-known by a number of education and family service groups.  As a local hero of child welfare, people are bound to listen if he alerts them of a danger to the city's youth.

===Resources 2===
Teaching isn't a very lucrative career, but Gabe is single and lives a pretty simple lifestyle.  He has a small condominium, an economy car and a fair bit of savings.  He spends most of his time being a paragon for youth that he doesn't entertain much, so his house is extremely drab and boring.  For the same reasons, he hasn't had a date in over ten years.