The Characters

You know these people. You are these people.

Every family has all of them. El Gallo who runs the yard and always has. El Diablito who everyone's tío embodies at some point - not doing anything specifically wrong, just that look. La Dama who is dressed up, grounded, and not taking any of that. El Catrin who showed up to the carne asada in a blazer and somehow it works. El Valiente, who is not always the loudest. La Sirena, who did not ask for the attention and could not stop it if she tried. El Borracho, who means well, always means well, and that is what makes it complicated. El Músico, on whom every fiesta depends and who knows it. El Soldado, who represents freedom that was never given, only taken. These are not costumes. They are portraits. The Lotería deck is fifty-four character studies of people your family has been for generations. Now on a shirt.