When asked how being a Black Latina informs her identity, Zoe replied, "I am proud to be Latina. I will not accept [anyone] telling me that I'm less or whatever, because to me, that is just hysterical."She added, "[A] huge difference — from going from Brazil to an all-girls Catholic school in New York — was our lunches were completely different!
My mom would pack this pasta with a side of apricots and rice with beans. There was no peanut butter and jelly sandwiches ever!
I remember being embarrassed, but now looking back I'm like, 'Well, actually that was, like, really, really healthy!'""Every Latino you've seen me play [before Christmas With You] was always an after-the-fact thing.
The role would be named Mike Smith and they'd say, 'Oh, we hired Freddie so we can show people how diverse we are.' And all of a sudden, his name is Miguel Ramirez.