Legal Name: Sasha Ortiz
Real Name: Maya Ruiz Martinez
Occupation: Young Superhero
Gender: Female, Male when in costume. as Coqui.
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: Missing.
Former Aliases: Several.
Place of Birth: New York City
Known Relatives: Mother, Father.
Note: Father is the Supervillian EL Gecko
Group Affiliation: The Universals
Base of Operations: Halcyon City
First Appearance: (as Coqui) THE UNIVERSALS #0, (as Maya Ruiz Martinez) GECKO #398, (as Sasha Ortiz) GECKO ANNUAL #3

History: Coqui was born Maya Ruiz Martinez. Her parents were divorced at an early age. Her father was the superhero Gecko, and generally left her in a church program for single parents when off on a mission. During Gecko's downfall into El Gecko, she was babysat by shady people who probably shouldn't have let this kid run around their warehouse. There were lots of conversations behind locked doors or outside of her earshot. "Don't worry about this kid, go play the Nintendo." was a common response when Maya would poke her nose into things as children are wont to do, but she was too young to truly understand.

     When Maya's mother discovered El Geko's rise as a villain, she filed for sole custody. Maya's mother was not responsible for exposing El Geko's Villian turn to the world, but did testify against El Geko in return for federal witness protection. When Maya developed powers, her mother insisted that they be kept secret.

Maya's assigned name from the witness protection program is Sasha Ortiz. Maya, deep down perhaps unfairly blames her mother for everything that went wrong.

     Years passed and now a young woman, Maya fatefully came across a key to a storage unit that was still prepaid/paid for. Inside was the Mark II Geko suit. When she realized what it was, she came back with a saw to cut the locks and fake a robbery. Most notable about the unit is that it was from When Geko was descending into vigilantism and villainy. A lengthy diary entry talks about a former teammate who used psychic powers in a criminal way, but was ignored by the community seems to be the catalyst for his transformation. Then followed entries, then entire journals of names that are crossed out. Fake Passports and IDs. Guns. Belts with Pouches. Duffel Bag with a few thousand dollars in different currencies. This storage unit was where Gecko became El Gecko.

     Using the money as well as information from the journals Maya was able to put together her own little bolthole and modify the Gecko Suit to become her own superhero, "Coqui: Son of Gecko". And selfishly, she's able to finally use the powers she was forced to keep secret for so long. She is a runaway, leaving only a note begging her mother not to call the police and declaring that she is going to "fix everything"

     Coqui's mission is to reclaim the hero status her father lost. To become the role model her father once was. By pretending to be a male hero, she is literally taking up the mantle he discarded. In doing this she wants to "save" her father and his legacy.

Height: 5.2, 5.7 in costume.

Weight: 214lbs in costume.

Eyes: Black

Hair: Black, Red when powers in use.

Strength Level: Coqui has superb martial prowess that fall outside of the range expected of someone of Maya's stature.

Known Superhuman Powers: Coqui possesses the power to control sonic waves. Offensively, Coqui can use this ability to shout sonic blasts of destructive force. Coqui can redirect or alter ambient sound. Combined with a superb martial prowess, can to propel upwards into the air with short, sharp blasts of sound reminiscent to the call of a male Eleutherodactylus Coqui, a small frog endemic to Puerto Rico and namesake.

Suit: The Coqui suit is a Gecko Mk2 suit that has had the following modifications, while maintaining the silhouette of the original Gecko.

     Gecko's signature power was extendable, prehensile hair capable of super strength. Normally short and black, his hair turns red when his powers were in use. When in uniform, Gecko generally extends and retracts his hair reflexively with a default length being a cascade down his back behind his knees. Coqui does not share this power, so as such where the helmet would normally have an opening for the hair to extend from, a bright red wig is attached. The wig is a seperate part of the helmet for safety reasons, and can either be detached by choice, or if a certain amount of force is applied.

     The Gecko insignia has been painted over with a stencil. Because Gecko's insignia is actually a seperate piece bonded to the chest, it is still there and visible up close, an ever present reminder that even modified this suit will always be Gecko. The suit still has the same scalloped texture of the original, but the dark highlights have been painted over. The original scales can still be seen on the helmet.

     All electronic gadgets that Gecko built into the suit have been removed for safety/paranoia reasons. a Cell phone in the left wrist and a paired headset replace the previous electronics, including the heads-up display lenses which have been swapped out with the Mk1 Gecko mundane safety lenses. Coqui's male-voice modulation is done reflexively via powers.

     Coqui wears a second interior suit and lifts to present the anatomical appearance of a man of a similar muscular build to Gecko. A superb martial athletic prowess combined with the necessity of desperation has allowed Maya to develop an entirely different set of "male" mannerisms when in the suit to compensate for the added height and weight.