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I grew up in a very Catholic household. We were pretty conservative.

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.

If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.

I couldn't afford therapy, so I just watched 'Frasier.' Season 4 was a breakthrough.

I always knew, even as a kid, that my mom had a really rough life, and I always wanted to make her feel happy and to make her feel good.

I did the 'Wizard of Oz' in third grade, and I was a witch.

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.

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.

The chances of anyone of any race getting their own show are, like, .001 percent.

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

Cristela Alonzo