Mrs. Rivas

Mrs. Rivas is the mother of Zoë Rivas.

Season 13
In This Is How We Do It, she makes her first appearance talking to her daughter. Zoë did not want to attend Degrassi, and her mother responds that she sent her to Paris alongside Degrassi students in order to make friends. Zoë is worried that the students will find out the real reason she was fired from West Drive. She assures her that they won't and gives her a comforting hug. She later comes back for a meeting with Mr. Simpson when her daughter threw coffee at a teacher and may face expulsion. She scolds Zoe that now she is out of the show business, she must pull her act together.

In Barely Breathing, she is present in Mr. Simpson's office after Maya and Zoë get into a fight. Zoë "apologizes" to Maya and her mother. When the issue of possible charges comes up for Zoe cyber bullying Maya, Mrs. Rivas insists that there is no need to involve the police. Maya is upset that Zoë isn't getting any punishment for her actions, and Mrs. Rivas assures Maya that she will deal with Zoë's punishment at home.

In Power to the People, she storms into the public forum held for Miles Hollingsworth II, and publicly yells at Drew Torres for having sex with Zoë in front of the entire audience of people. She takes the issue to the Mr. Simpson, claiming that it is statutory rape due to Zoë being fifteen, hence a minor and under the age of consent. However, due to Canada's close-in-age exemption for sex between 14-15 year olds and partners up to 5 years older than them (and that the sex was consensual), there is nothing illegal about it.

In Sparks Will Fly (2), She is seen walking in while Zoe was singing then when Zoe was finished with her singing she talks to Zoe about how she quit the movie and that she understood why she did it. So she called Zoe's agent and says to Zoe that hopefully it doesn't ruin her acting career.

In Believe (1), she is with Zoe when they are meeting with their lawyer, Danny Yegovan, and she is later seen at the trial. She seems fully supportive of her daughter.

In Believe (2), she is seen sitting next to her daughter fully supporting her at the trial. After Zoë wins the case, Mrs. Rivas hugs her.

Quotes

 * Mrs. Rivas: "What were you thinking when you had sex with my daughter? (to Drew) - Power to the People

Trivia

 * She previously did not work while Zoë was working on West Drive, implying she lived off of her daughter's money.
 * She does not seem to approve of her daughter and Drew together since they had sex.