“Especially as a woman of color, I deal with that stuff all the time wh...” — Melissa Barrera Quote

“Especially as a woman of color, I deal with that stuff all the time where I feel like they're not paying me what I know that I'm worth. But usually for me, I feel like it's because I'm a Latina, and they don't value us as much as white women.”

“I think because audiences are a little bit sick of the same thing over and over, I think it's opening the channel for mainstream audiences to look around and be like, 'Oh, but what's that movie? What's that little movie?' And so I'm hopeful for that, because I think indie cinema is always where it's at.”

“I'm a Latina. Everything is outspoken in my culture.”

“I'm a white Latina. I don't get stopped on the street for the way that I look. That's my privilege, but when I speak Spanish on the subway, I've been spit on.”

“I'm bicultural, and everyone sees me as a Latina, but in my head I see myself as both Latina and American.”