[Biography of Roxy Gilmour]
FACTS
NAME: Roxanne Keighly Gilmour NICKNAMES: Rox, Roxy, Dr. Gilmour, Mama AGE: 48 BIRTHDAY: December 31, 1970 ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Capricorn CHINESE ZODIAC: Year of the Dog OCCUPATION: Secretary to the Mayor (Town of Holiday, Maine) HOMETOWN: Boston, Massachusetts STATUS: Single Widowed SEXUALITY: Pansexual Panromantic
BIOGRAPHY
TW: Car Crash, Death
Roxanne was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. Daughter to Lawyer Johnathan Gilmour and stay-at-home mom Jacqueline Gilmour, she was raised in a very Traditional American household. and grew up wanting for nothing. She had a close relationship with her mother up until her teenage years, when the two often found themselves in arguments over Roxanne's choice of friends and the path she was heading down. Roxanne was sent away to a private boarding school in Maine for her high school years. She flourished in Maine, not only able to focus on her studies but the friends she made there were also studious and helped to further her ambition. One of her closest friends, over time, became her high school sweetheart. Xander Smith was two years younger than her, but his maturity rivaled her own and once the slow burn of their relationship began, Roxanne was instantly smitten. She chose to stay in Maine near Xander after graduation, taking the first two years of her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Southern Maine Community College. Once Xander graduated, the two made the move back to Roxanne's hometown of Boston where Roxanne transferred to William James College to finish out her undergraduate degree. Xander chose not to attend college and instead worked his hardest at a local restaurant as a host. With her degree in hand, Roxanne immediately jumped into a doctorate program, and Xander was with her every step of the way when she attended Yale University. Xander continued to work, this time at a college dive bar, while Roxanne got a job working as an assistant to a Family Psychologist (Dr. Eva Greenspan) which helped to fund her continued education to get her doctorate degree in behavioral psychology. Due to a brief pause in her studies caused by the birth of her daughter Chrysanthemum at the age of 25, Roxanne did not graduate with her Doctorate until she was 31. She remained an assistant with Dr. Greenspan for just a few short years before Xander convinced her that they should move somewhere more beautiful. After much discussion, they landed on relocating back to the place where they had fallen in love - Maine. All of their savings went toward the move and a downpayment on a home in the beautiful small city of Holiday, Maine for them to start the new chapter of their lives. Roxanne was able to find a job as a family therapist in the nearby town of Portland, and Xander managed to find a calling for himself in the kitchen of a local restaurant (Tom’s Diner). He had started as a dishwasher and over the years, with lots of training, he moved his way up to sous chef. Life for the Gilmour's couldn't have been more perfect. Work was going well, Chryssy had lots of friends, and the Gilmour's new pool had been well received by all of their neighbors. The move to Holiday had been the perfect choice for them, they were beyond blessed. ... Until Xander got into a car crash on his way home from visiting his parents in Southern Maine late one evening. Their whole world was flipped upside down in an instant, and Roxanne found herself floundering for the first time in her life. She was lost, and it took her far longer than she would have liked to be able to get herself back on solid ground again. It has been five years since she found herself widowed, and with Chryssy having recently graduated from college with the plans to possibly move home, Roxanne is trying to make this year the best yet. She does her best to enjoy her newer job as the Mayor’s Secretary (a position she has held for the last three years) and to spend time with Chryssy whenever she is home. Roxanne isn’t overtly social, but she never turns down a conversation with anyone in town.
TRAITS
♥ Generous, Loyal, Responsible ⓧ Cocky, Possessive, Workaholic
FACECLAIM: Kate Walsh