The first eight years of my life, we lived in an abandoned diner - we were basically squatters.

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?

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.

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

My stand-up has a lot of performance in it, and I loved doing it so much that, after years, I put the idea of having a show on the back burner.

I'm not trying to represent the whole Latino community. There are too many different cultures, and Latinos will always say, 'My family doesn't do that.'

My family doesn't understand trying to chase your dreams because they were all about survival.