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

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.

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

As a kid, I really wanted to have my own show. But when you grow up in poverty, people tell you nothing is possible. So I kind of gave up on that dream.

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 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.

It might sound dramatic and a little grandiose, but as a Latina, I would like to be someone that gives a voice to my culture.