DOCTOR RAFAEL MOLDONADO || 43 || PSYCHIATRIST
FULL NAME — Rafael Moldonado
FACECLAIM — Oscar Isaac
GENDER & PRONOUNS — cis man, he/him
AGE — 43
BIRTHDAY — 06/19/1981
OCCUPATION — Psychiatrist
NEIGHBORHOOD — Forest Lake
LENGTH OF TIME IN BLUE HARBOR — He grew up in Blue Harbor, left between ages 18 and 37.
ARE THEY FILLING A WANTED CONNECTION? Nope!
ANYTHING EXTRA? N/A
BIOGRAPHY.
Trigger warnings: alcoholism, death, mental illness
Rafael’s home life was unfavorable to say the least. His parents spent more time drinking than parenting and as the most mature child even not in age, Rafael stepped up. When he was in high school, one of his siblings passed away. The loss hit Rafael hard.
His childhood of monitoring everyone's emotions around him led to a passion for psychiatry. He loved the study of medicine and helping people but his uneasiness regarding gore and blood nixed the avenue of physical medicine. He attended the University of Pittsburgh to earn his doctorate.
Rafael moved back to Illinois and joined a practice in Chicago. He drank to cope with his stressful workload and his unresolved issues and sprinkled in some other unhealthy habits picked up from coworkers. In his mid 30s, Rafael’s siblings intervened and begged for him to check into rehab and deal with his problems to not end up like their parents. It took two tries but he finally came out the other side with a strong resolve to be better.
He moved back to Blue Harbor and will occasionally commute into Chicago to see patients but he is significantly more selective. He wanted to be back with his remaining family and community. Rafael spends a lot of time volunteering at the hospital and bright sparks, seeing patients remotely, and occasionally teaching at the university.
As of October 2024, he adopted a blue heeler mix named Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin, Mac for short.
CONNECTIONS.
friends from childhood; Raf spent his whole childhood in BH and there are definitely plenty of connections there
romantic interest; he's brand new in my brain so i haven't figured out what type he'd be attracted to but i think it would be someone fun
someone he knew from chicago; he made a lot of mistakes in the city while he was maturing but like, who didn't
















