Paloma lives along Little Greeting River with her brother, Pipkin, and two adopted aqualox pups, Canter and Spring. Paloma cares deeply for her family, and after discovering the truth about her adoptive mother, tries her best to be the perfect parent to the pups. She sometimes jokes with Pipkin that he's just as troublesome as Spring and Canter, but she often relies on him.

Paloma works as a charcoal maker, which takes a toll on her lungs. Although she'd love to leave her job in search of another opportunity, Paloma needs the money to make it by. Her current job has served her well for the past couple of years, and as such, it's too big of a risk for her to leave should a new job fall through.