I started working when I was 9 or 10.

I was born in Costa Rica and we moved to America where it was a whole new world for me.

When I was younger, I was very scared to talk to people. To the point where my parents took me to a therapist because they thought something was wrong with me.

My parents weren't stereotypical and pressuring me to go to college. They mentioned it a lot and constantly, but it wasn't a do or die thing, like, 'You have to do this or you're done.

I know what my talents are, and at the end of the day I'm an actor who can dance.

With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.

The tour life definitely puts strains on your body, not just because of the dancing but because of the fact that you are traveling into the wee hours of the day, getting up early, going to sound check - just the grueling process of it all.