Age: 29
female
Barbara Linhares Ferreira is an American model and actress. She has earned attention and acclaim for her career as well as for being an outspoken supporter of the body positivity movement. Ferreira was born in Queens, New York, but later moved to Maywood, New Jersey and attended Hackensack High School. She was raised by her Brazilian mother and grandmother. Her mother works as a chef. Ferreira jumpstarted her career on her own by sending in pictures to American Apparel. She modeled for the brand while simultaneously working in one of their retail stores. She has since modeled for acclaimed brands such as Aerie, Adidas, Asos, Forever 21, H&M, Missguided and Target, among others. Unretouched photos and a video interview from Ferriera's Aerie campaign went viral in 2016. Later that year, Time (magazine) named her among their "30 Most Influential Teens." Ferreira starred in the 10-episode Vice series "How to Behave," focused on etiquette. The show explored themes such as sex, money, and body image. The series also earned her recognition from the Webby Awards for "Best Web Personality/Host." She also starred in a web series for Teen Vogue called "Body Party" where she guided the audience through the various facets of her own mantra of body positivity. In addition, Ferreira starred alongside Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church as "Ella" in two episodes of HBO's series "Divorce". Ferreira will continue her relationship with HBO as "Kat" in their upcoming series "Euphoria (2019)" starring Zendaya.
The third in the New York Times bestselling Maple Hills series follows fan-favorite Henry and a bookish fellow student who come up with a plan to help them both overcome their respective challenges in a difficult year. When his procrastination lands him in a difficult class with his least favorite professor, Henry Turner knows he's going to have to work extra hard to survive his junior year of college. And now with his new title of captain for the hockey team-which he didn't even want -Henry absolutely cannot fail. Enter Halle Jacobs, a fellow junior who finds herself befriended by Henry when he accidentally crashes her book club. Halle may not have the romantic pursuits of her favorite fictional leads, but she's an academic superstar, and as soon as she hears about Henry's problems with his class reading material, she offers to help. Too bad being a private tutor isn't exactly ideal given her own studies, job, book club, and the novel she's trying to write. But new experiences are the key to beating her writer's block, and Henry's promising to be the one to give them to her. They just need to stick to their rule book. Oh, and not fall in love.
