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I want to steer away from the stereotypes that Latina women are categorized in. I feel like there are so many more opportunities for us. I like going out for those roles that says 'open ethnicity.'

Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.

I definitely have some stereotypical qualities of being a Latina. I talk with my hands, which means I knock stuff over all the time.

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way.

I like to think I'm un-categorisable.

I'm Latin, for crying out loud - I can't hold anything back!

I have this complex that if I walk into a place wearing a colorful shirt someone will stop me and say, 'I'm sorry, but the Latin band comes through the other door.'

Somebody told me once I wasn't Latin enough, and that made me laugh.

My mom brought me up by herself, so I was a latchkey kid. I would walk myself back from school and spent a lot of time at home alone, watching TV. There weren't a lot of Latinas - or any women of color. And the ones I saw were usually presented as stereotypes or treated like jokes.

The idea is to be unrestrained by categories.