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Even in times of great sadness, there are always moments where we crack up.

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My family was always supportive when I decided that I wanted to pursue this thing called acting.

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When I'm a little bit upset, my eyebrow goes up, and that is a trait that my beautiful mother passed down to me. We always knew in the house: 'Mommy's upset; her eyebrow just went up.'

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There are Latino people in our world who believe strongly that if you are Latino you should speak the language, you should eat the food, you should listen to the music, you should be proud. And when you don't do those things, some people will look at it as if you're neglecting who you are.

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My parents made it a point that, although I was born and raised in New York City, I needed to speak Spanish because they wanted me to be able to communicate with my elders when I went to Santo Domingo or when my family came to visit from Cuba.

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My friends say I make them laugh a lot, so I think that somewhere in me is a little comedic ability that comes out in the most inappropriate or unexpected moments. I did a lot of sketch comedy years ago. That's always in me.

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I did sketch comedy with a troupe at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.

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I still have a desire to do some sketch comedy. My dream is to be on 'SNL,' to host 'SNL.'

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My grandmother was this amazing woman in the Dominican Republic who used to read tea leaves and palms. She would cure people in her neighborhood by going into her garden, plucking a couple of leaves, and brewing teas.

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I grew up in New York where there is such a different variety of people.

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Biography

Nationality: Cuban

Type: Actress

Born: May 26th, 1972

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