Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. You know, being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop influence.
I'm too young to have kids, but I really want to be a mom. I don't know if it's a Latin thing, but I love kids.
'Instructions Not Included' is proving that there is a huge Latin market that needs a special project. They love seeing their own people; they want to see themselves onscreen. In my case, I know them pretty well. I know what they laugh at. I think it's going to open a lot of doors, this movie.
I had never heard this term before - gente-fication - which is also happening in Portland, Houston; it's happening in a lot of cities. It's upwardly mobile Latinx who want to come back to their neighborhoods where they grew up - or it's Latinx moving to L.A. and looking for a Latinx neighborhood to live or open a business.
I feel I have a great responsibility to be an active Latina. I've been rallying for DACA, and in the summer, I'll be rallying again so that people are aware that if certain senators are elected they can help impeach Donald Trump.
I had many reasons for writing memoir but among them was the hope that every Latino child and adult would find something familiar in it.
I'm half Puerto Rican.
When you get a bunch of Latinxs together, we get to handle our stories. A cultural shorthand happens.
I am proud to be Latino.
