Peyton Andrew Garcia [15] is one of Maria's children. He doesn't really understand what his mother does or really why she does it. He believes she'd make more money going into a private practice psychotherapy. He just doesn't understand her compassion. Lately, Peyton and his Mom fight a lot as her compassion for the children suffering from blindness has taken over most of her time. She's missed the last five of Peyton's baseball games, the last three of his sister's ballet recitals, the last two plays that his other sibling is in and one award ceremony that was for their father because she's been so busy helping out kids from her therapy center and Peyton's had enough of it. Last week he accused her of loving her patients more than she loves her family, stating that maybe he should blind himself and then his mother would give a damn about him. Needless to say, Peyton hasn't spoken to her since.