Avery Michelle Owens [27] is the preschool teacher of Kiara Williams, and also a good friend of Cody Williams. Avery is very worried about Kiara's withdrawal since her parents' death, and has been encouraging Cody to take her to therapy to talk about her grief. She understands how hard it can be to lose a parent as her mother died when Avery was seven. She's the youngest of six children, and has always been somewhat of a black sheep in her artsy, performance minded family. The rest of her family are actors or models, but Avery had always wanted to be a teacher, and her father wasn't overly fond of that dream until Avery actually became a teacher and proved she could do it. She has a plethora of nieces and nephews, but no children of her own just yet. She worries constantly about Cody, especially in relation to her new beau, but has learned to keep her worries to herself unless she wants Cody to drive herself deeper into bad things. Avery is currently dating her girlfriend of five years, and the two are planning to get married soon and look into adoption.