What's the story of where your name came from?

So like my mom and her sisters, they're Maria Clarisa, Maria Angelica, Maria de la Luz.

So my dad was like, we're not doing that. And apparently they knew somebody with this name

and they were like, oh, she's like independent and classy and, you know, this is a good name for our

daughter. My name is Macarena. Macarena, Luz, Bianchi. It's a great name. Thank you.

Macarena was born in Chile, but her name comes from Spain. It's a district in the city of

Seville, which is home to the Basilica de la Macarena. That Catholic temple is a showcase for a

local treasure, a statue of the Weeping Virgin Mary. La Vida de la Macarena is the patron saint

of bullfighting in Seville. As a little girl in Chile, Macarena, Luz, Bianchi, went by a nickname,

Maca. When her family moved to Miami in 1982, she started hearing a bunch of other things.

Macarena or Macarena. That's what people called me. Or they would really have been

pronounced it. Maserina was one. I'm like, no, that's not it. So it defaulted to Mac,

like for a long time. In school, it was like, of course, Macaroni and Big Mac.

Despite those schoolyard taunts, Macarena never thought about changing her name.

Not at all. I loved it. Nobody here had it, which I thought was fantastic. So I like that it was rare.

That rarity came under threat in the early 90s, thanks to a Spanish language soap opera called

Macarena. I was like, no, this is a bad thing, you know, because then it's going to spread.

To her relief, Macarena, the telenovela, wasn't a big hit.

You know, we continue being original.

In 1995, she was living her best life. She was in her early 20s and a major

player on the nightlife scene in Miami Beach. I worked the door at like the cool places,

the cool clubs. I would decide who got in. There's a really cool clubs. I had designers,

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