As a performer, much of my life has been spent in the spotlight. I know how important appearance can be to teens, especially the impact it can have on the way you feel about yourself.

The cool part about working for Disney is that they've allowed me to be a change agent.

I just got a body wave because I wanted it to look good when it was down.

Everyone in my family is a hero to me.

I think I'm going to put together a compilation under Disney's name of my songs that I've done for them - because I've done six or seven by now! The latest was for the Princess Diaries 2 soundtrack. So that's the next thing that's coming out.

See, food I can talk about. I'm Italian, I know the food.

So a lot of me is still a little kid, and I think that kind of helps alter my sense of reality - it makes me able to just become Belle every single night.