- Name: Amaya Espinal
- Age: 25
- Hometown: New York City, New York
- Profession: Registered Nurse & Content Creator
- Ethnicity: Dominican and German descent
- Instagram: @amayaelizabeth_
- TikTok: @amayaelizabeth_
- Love Island Entry: Day 5 as a bombshell contestant
- Current Status: Coupled with Ace Greene
The nurse who stole hearts in Love Island USA
Amaya Espinal has entered the Love Island USA like a fresh breeze with all her compassion, confidence and invaluable charisma showering into the Fiji villa. This 25 year old registered nurse of the hustling and bustling streets of Manhattan/New York City has become one of the most hyped up contestants on Season 7 hence the saying goes, you never know what the best package could bring.
Amaya was born and brought up in the city of New York which is the epitome of her Dominican and German roots. It is behind this multicultural background that has made her the full color, dynamic woman she is already adored among the viewers. She is a product of different nationalities, and as a result, she has a different outlook of life, which she was pleased to show in one of her TikTok videos as she visited Amsterdam, where she has an affiliation with her German heritage.
The one who stands out of the hundreds of other reality TV contestants is Amaya Espinal with her stable career history. Before making the entrance into the villa, she spent her career as a registered nurse and took care of others. This medical experience has also provided her with the emotional intelligence and matureness which she uses in interacting with the villa. Her island heritage makes her have a connection with the fellow islander Nicolas Vansteenberghe, thus, there is a unique continuity of interaction between the two care providers who find love in paradise.
Outside of the hospital, Amaya has created a remarkable social media footprint as a content creator. Her personality, nursing adventure, and daily life-related posts on Instagram and Tik Tok amuse thousands of subscribers. She has worked in these two careers proving that she is an entrepreneur and can strike a balance between work and creativity.
Her arrival into the competition in Day 5 together with Hannah Fields shook up the Love Island villa at once. Amaya is a rather fresh personality in the show who is described as a person with compassion, confidence, and the right dose of sass. She is someone who is not afraid to give her own opinion and go after what she desires, and this has made people be attracted to her as well as create drama in the villa.
Being with Ace Greene currently ever since he selected her during the first recoupling in Episode 6, the love life of Amaya Espinal has not been an easy one. Their bond began on rough terms but her direct nature and honest demeanor towards relationship keep changing that pattern. The audience has been hooked to her interactions with the other contestants and it has elicited contrary feelings among fans as she looks to court Jeremiah Brown.
The most interesting thing about Amaya is that she is very natural and at the same time she is stuck to all the social realities of the reality TV. She translates this concern and caring attitude in her personal relationships, establishing authentic interactions between people, instead of artificial ones, caused by attraction. Added to that is her competitive advantage and her nurturing instinct that contributes to her potent challenger who will not hesitate to go the extra mile to take a stand in what she believes in.
The Love Island USA Season 7 has been continuing its television show and Amaya Espinal is not another pretty face in paradise. She is the true representative of a nowadays woman, with enough proper sense to pursue her career ambitions, trendy information, and authentic relationships intentions. However, it turns out that she does not have to find love in the villa as she has already set a powerful example that genuineness and self-belief are the traits that anyone can contribute to the table.
