“I was in Mexico City prior to L.A. and doing my thing, not really know...” — Melissa Barrera Quote

“I was in Mexico City prior to L.A. and doing my thing, not really knowing what the experience of being a Latino or Latina and living in the United States and being born there means.”

“In every meeting that I take when I talk to executives and producers, I try to be as transparent about my feelings and about the roles and types of stories that I'd be willing to tell and those that I don't want to continue to give fuel to because I think that they're damaging.”

“Our face is our presentation card and having good skin, I think, should be a human right. Everyone deserves to have good skin because it just makes you feel better.”

“'Latina' has become part of the Becky G family, and I feel very proud to say that.”

“I think all Latino actors want to be storytellers first. I want to be an actor first, and then I want to be Latina.”

“They say Latina women are spicy. But we are more than that. We have power, and we run things.”