I think we need to have stories about women that don't necessarily fit the trope of the classic woman, because they do exist. We have to show real life on TV and film. And we don't. We only see maybe 5 percent of what real people are really like. I mean, movies set in Los Angeles that don't have any minorities in them - how does that happen?

Because I grew up in McAllen, we would watch Televisa a lot.

My goal has always been to just kind of show how my family, we might be a different culture, but we're completely like everybody else.

I think we need to have stories about women that don't necessarily fit the trope of the classic woman, because they do exist. We have to show real life on TV and film. And we don't. We only see maybe 5 percent of what real people are really like. I mean, movies set in Los Angeles that don't have any minorities in them - how does that happen?

I love the Rio Grande Valley. I always say it's home - Texas is home. I've been out in L.A. a little over ten years, and I still get so excited when I go back home. It just feels comfortable; it makes me smile.

When you have a different name, people just kind of take the liberty to spell it how they want.

Whatever you want to do with your life, you really got to want it. And if you want it, and you work hard, it will happen.