arrival to merrock: lived in Merrock for junior and senior year then moved away. Moved back a week ago.
housing: the coast and pier
occupation: footballer
work place:
family: mum, dad, two brothers.
relationship status: single
PERSONALITY
Mia is determined, that has been the adjective awarded to her since she was a child. When she wants something there isn't much that can get in her way. As a result Mia can also be incredibly hard working, but only when it’s something that she’s passionate about, when she isn’t that bothered she tends to half ass things. She throws herself into this quickly, including relationships. She falls fast but has a tendency not to continue the effort, taking the other person for granted. Mia cares for the people around her, and once you’re in her circle you are pretty well protected. She is loyal but doesn’t always deal with situations in the right way. Mia doesn’t filter, if it’s in her head then it’s coming out her mouth, which has caused many issues.
WRITTEN BY: Jess (she/her), gmt.
BACKGROUND / BIO
triggering / sensitive content: injury.
Mia was born in Bristol England to two pretty hardworking parents, her mother was a professor and her father owned his own architecture firm. When she was born she failed the hearing test in one ear, and a few months later she failed again. Her parents had no idea what to do so they asked for the doctor’s advice. A cochlear implant was offered as a ‘solution’, and they took the advice they were given, sending their baby into a huge operation before her first birthday.
Despite her parents working long hours their house was always loud and full of energy, the time they did spend together was productive and full of love. Her brothers were loud and boisterous and spent most of their time play fighting, an activity that Mia joined in with as soon as she was big enough. As a little girl with two big brothers Mia was never into tea parties or ballet, she wanted to spend her time wrestling or kicking around the football.
She was five when she first begged her parents to sign her up for football. They put her into a mixed group on Saturdays and she fell in love instantly. She already had some skills from the back garden practices with her brothers but she quickly picked up new ones. One hour on a Saturday soon wasn’t enough and Mia got herself into a more competitive team, despite being the youngest person in the group. She stayed being the outlier her whole life, the youngest, the only girl, the only child with hearing loss. When she was sixteen her mum got a job in Maine, so they packed their bags and moved ‘across the pond’. Her brothers were grown and already settled into their lives so it was just Mia and her parents.
The first mission when she arrived in Merrock was to find herself a football team, or a soccer team as she now realised it was called. She couldn’t find a girl’s team and she was refused a space on the boy’s team, without them even watching her play. It only took one visit from her incredibly passionate parents for the school to start a girl’s soccer team, one that Mia quickly became captain of. It was a rag tag bunch but it was fun, and Mia managed to get herself into training sessions with the local team too.
It was in High School that Mia also first encountered sign language. Her parents had been discouraged from signing, they were told that with her good ear and her implant they should treat her like her hearing siblings, so that was what they did. However she started taking ASL as an elective in school and she instantly feel in love with it, the ability to communicate without having to rely on lip reading, or technology, or her residual hearing.
After High School Mia considered college, and she had a couple of scholarship offers but she knew that the window for a professional sportswomen was small, and she wasn’t about to waste it sitting in the classroom. She got herself into the training team in Seattle and just before her 19th birthday she played her first game with them, it was 10 minutes, but that was all she needed.
Since then Mia’s career has continued to take off. She’s now a critical member on the team and also plays on the England national team. Mia was part of the winning Euros squad and helped England get to the World Cup final. However during the final Mia fell and instantly she knew that something was very very wrong. She’d hurt herself before, it was part of being a professional athlete but this pain was excruciating, on top of that was the genuine embarrassment of having to be stretchered off what was probably the most important game of her entire life. It turned out to be an ACL tear, a frustratingly common injury in women’s football. Being around the team and around soccer in general hurt too much whilst she’s recovering so after her surgery she decided to head back to Merrock, sometimes when you’re sad you just need your family.
Mimi (she/her, cis woman) was born on July 12, 1992 in Bristol, England, and arrived to Merrock in 2023 (previously lived in town as a teenager). They're working as a footballer, and live in the coastal area. -- (written by jess (she/her, est) & portrayed by aisha dee).
FILLING CONNECTION: Isabela's ex.
Hi, Jess, welcome to Merrock! We're so excited to see Mia here in town. Make sure to check out our welcome page, and submit your account within 48 hours, and your personality & background within one week. Thank you! xx
face claim: Aisha Dee
full name: Mia Williams
nickname(s) / goes by: Mimi, Mia, M
pronouns & gender: cis woman & she/her
sexuality: lesbian
birth date: july, 12th, 1992.
birth place: Bristol England
arrival to merrock: lived in Merrock for junior and senior year then moved away. Moved back a week ago.
