Ricardo

Ricardo is the father of Rosita. While Rosita has been a major character on Sesame Street for sixteen years, her father was never seen on the show until 2007.

Ricardo's first appeared on-screen in Sesame Workshop's direct-to-video special for military families, Talk, Listen, Connect. In this special, released in 2007, Ricardo is a member of the military, and was deployed far away. When he comes home he is in a wheelchair and Rosita has a hard time coping with the change. He is friends with Elmo's dad Louie, a fellow Sesame Street servicemonster