Growing up, my Mexican town of Monterrey was so safe, we wouldn't lock our cars or our front doors, and that is gone.

Though Autism can be frightening and terribly demanding, it also comes with its vast share of superpowers that are unknown to the typical human.

Being Latina in the US is something I'm learning about everyday. I don't feel inherently different in any way from anybody else and it is a feeling I cherish and that has helped me avoid thinking of my ethnicity as a potential obstacle from what I want to achieve.

I do hope to inspire, I mean I live off inspiration and its the force that keeps me working, that keeps me creating.

Its a wonderful feeling to be able to inspire back, to keep that flow going.

Artists have a tremendous purpose in society, which is to continually expose, to continually challenge and to never stop producing. To never stop creating, no matter what.

Mexico has relied on television for decades to keep the citizens misinformed and in a constant state of stupor. I mean we live in a time where democracy is almost synonymous with oligarchy.