American Girl - Luciana Vega - Luciana Doll & Book - American Girl of 2018

Meet Luciana, the 2018 Girl of the Year. Luciana (nicknamed Luci) is an eleven and later twelve year old girl of Chilean descent. She aspires to be the first person to explore Mars, and refers to herself as the "Future First Girl on Mars." She is very confident in herself and can be impulsive in a lot of her decisions. She sometimes has trouble paying attention to other people's feelings and tends to listen more with her head than her heart. Luci is incredibly creative, sometimes considering herself to be too creative. She loves sketching her ideas. She is also incredibly determined and quite smart. Luciana is bilingual, and can speak both English and Spanish fluently. One of Luciana's prized possessions is her star necklace, which was given to her on her first birthday. She only wears it for special occasions. At the end of Space Camp, she bought a similar necklace--a moon-shaped one instead of a star-shaped--to give as a gift to her adopted sister, Isadora. Even before Isadora was adopted, Luci became very attached to her, often worrying about being an older sister and fantasizing about spending time with her. She calls her hermanita and has nicknamed her "Izzy," while Isadora calls her "Lulu."