Maria Canals-Barrera is Cuban and from Miami and I'm part Cuban and from Miami, so needless to say she became a quick friend.

My big break was becoming the spokesperson for Texas Instruments. Casting directors really started giving me a chance to read for projects.

I never saw myself as a singer; I never really thought I had the voice for it.

Partying at a club is very different than when I'm throwing a party at my house. My party's a rage. People rage when they come to my house.

I know that some girls look up to me for certain things, like dyslexia, and that way I know that they like me for me, so it adds no pressure.

The Humane Society is so great to work with. Because everyone there is so nice and supportive, and they're all animal lovers like me.

My dad would call me his Cuban princess because I had really dark olive skin because I was always in the sun; but I don't really go in the sun anymore, so that is why I am so white.