Héctor Rivera

Héctor Rivera is the deuteragonist of Every Bit of Mi Proud Corazon and Nikki's long-lost father.

History
Hector is unwillingly reunited with the daughter from the family he had unintentionally left behind.

Héctor was born November 30, 1900 and grew up in Santa Cecilia with childhood friend, Ernesto de la Cruz. Héctor met and fell in love with a girl named Imelda. At ages nineteen and eighteen respectively, they married and had a daughter, who they nicknamed "Coco" as her full name was Socorro. The family lived in the house that would eventually become the workshop for the Rivera Shoe-making business.

Having a passion for music, Héctor writes a song for his daughter, Remember Me, and his wife, “Un Poco Loco”. Though Imelda wants to settle down, Héctor leaves the family to join his former friend, Ernesto da la Cruz in music. He leaves Imelda when she is pregnant with their second child.

He began missing his family and intended to return to them but was unfortunately was killed by his former friend, Ernesto.However, most people, Including Héctor, believed that he died of food poisoning.He later woke up in the Land of the Dead. When he never returned, Imelda believed he had truly abandoned the family. When she came to the Land of the Dead, Imelda and Héctor remained distant towards one another. Slowly, as Coco forgot her father, Héctor's bones began to turn yellow and cracked.

He tried numerous times to cross the bridge, dressing up as Diego Rivera and an Alebrije. However, both attempts failed. Because music appeared to have stopped him from realizing what he wanted all along (family), Héctor began to dislike musicians and grew embittered towards his once friend, Ernesto da la Cruz for stealing his music and taking all the credit, as well as stealing his guitar.