People associate farmworkers with illegal immigrants, and that's really not the case.

I won a scholarship to come to LA and compete in a modeling and talent completion and was amazed when I won it. I had never acted before in my life and won the acting category. I began to wonder what this is about and then decided to see what happened.

When I want to reward myself I get a relaxing massage.

You never date someone's ex-boyfriend. Period. That's not even the unspoken rule - that's the spoken rule.

When people call me a sex icon, it's flattering but it never goes to my head because I never felt sexy as a teenager.

People can't ignore that Hispanics represent the fastest-growing demographic in the US. The future success of America is intricately tied to the future success of the Hispanic community. And it's the women of these communities - the mothers, sisters, daughters - who make the world go around. I decided to focus on giving them opportunities so that they're set up for success in life.

I've always been confident with who I was, but my twenties were hard. I had to learn a lot of life lessons and I think my thirties will be a little easier because of all the wrong turns I took.