The Puppet Adventures of Maya and Miguel

Voices and Puppeteers

 * Maya Santos (voiced by Candi Milo and puppeteered by Stephanie D'Abruzzo): Maya is a sweet, gentle, and energetic girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent. She always manages to include her twin brother and friends into her crazy adventures. Whenever Maya comes up with an idea, she always says "¡Éso es!" (That's it!) and her hair bobbles light up; as shown in "The Bet" they will continue to glow until she says "¡Éso es!". She can sometimes be very stubborn, ignorant, and naive, and tends to get involved in other people's business. Although her ideas often don't go the way she plans them, they always accomplish their original objective in the end. Maya's heart is always in the right place.
 * Miguel Santos (voiced by Nika Futterman and puppeteered by Tim Lagasse): Maya's older twin. Miguel is slightly more practical and sensible than his sister, and enjoys playing soccer and video games. Every time Maya gets an idea, he gets a bad feeling about it. He knows Maya means well, but he thinks she gets more involved in other people's problems than need be. He keeps track of Maya's ideas that have gone wrong, which annoys Maya. However, he would sometimes admit that an idea of hers is the best idea yet. He has a crush on a girl named Kylie, who apparently feels the same way.
 * Theo McEwen (voiced by Jerod Mixon and puppeteered by Tyler Bunch): Miguel's best friend and soccer buddy. He is African-American. Theo loves sports as much as Miguel does. Theo often gets straight A's in his classes, arguably making him the most intelligent of the kids. Theo is often the voice of reason among his friends.
 * Maggie Lee (voiced by Lucy Liu and puppeteered by Stephanie D'Abruzzo): Maya's Chinese-American friend. She is very dramatic, fashionable, and talented. She rarely disagrees with Maya's ideas.
 * Chrissy Lum (voiced by Beth Payne and puppeteered by Jennifer Barnhart): Maya's Dominican-American friend, and describes herself as Afro-Dominican. She is very sensitive and level-headed, though sometimes she can also be gullible. Chrissy tends to point out the flaws in Maya's plans, similar to Miguel. She also loves animals.
 * Andy Arlington (voiced by Jeannie Elias and puppeteered by John Tartaglia): Miguel's other friend. He is an English-American boy who was born with only one arm. Often seen in the background with Miguel and Theo, he likes to play soccer, basketball, and baseball. Andy moved to Maya and Miguel's neighborhood from Wisconsin.
 * Tito Chávez (voiced by Candi Milo and puppeteered by Peter Linz): Maya and Miguel's cousin who moved to the US from Mexico with his parents. He lives in the same apartment complex. He admires his cousin Miguel; in the episode "I've Got to Be 'Mi-Guel'" he is shown pretending to act as if he is Miguel (which makes Miguel rather pleased, but eventually annoyed at one point). He loves to play soccer like the twins.
 * Abuela Elena (voiced by Lupe Ontiveros and puppeteered by Tyler Bunch): Maya and Miguel's grandmother.
 * Paco (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui and puppeteered by Matt Vogel): A bilingual parrot who is the twins' pet, originally owned by their abuela. Most commonly heard saying "Pretty Bird" and "What about Paco, what about Paco?". He often gets loose, causing much trouble and confusion. Paco also often reacts to figures of speech (mostly ones about birds), thinking they are real.
 * Rosa Santos (voiced by Elizabeth Peña and puppeteered by Tim Lagasse): Santiago's wife and Maya and Miguel's mother who was originally from Mexico.
 * Santiago Santos (voiced by Carlos Ponce and puppeteered by Noel MacNeal): Rosa's husband and Maya and Miguel's father who was originally from Puerto Rico.