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Death, Sex & Money

Diane Guerrero on Debt and Deportation

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Orange is the New Black's Diane Guerrero has been on her own since she was 14, when her parents were deported. What followed were years of financial and emotional struggle.  Support Death, Sex & Money by becoming a monthly sustaining member. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Every birthday wish would be please God let my parents get their papers and also that pink Barbie car that you get to drive

0:14.0

This is death, death, sex and money.

0:16.0

I can't believe it.

0:17.0

I just killed my best friend.

0:19.0

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

0:22.0

Sorry we don't have enough time for romance, my dear.

0:25.0

And need to talk about more.

0:27.0

It's a question of money, money's a good reason.

0:30.0

I mean a sale.

0:33.0

If I would call and they wouldn't answer, my heart would drop.

0:36.0

Growing up, Diane Guerrero knew that her parents were in the U.S. illegally.

0:40.0

I'd run home and I'd be like mom mom she'd be like in the bathroom

0:45.4

scrubing the trailer she look what is it and I'm like oh she's like what's

0:49.4

wrong and I sometimes I would start crying I'm like I thought you were, I thought you were gone. I thought you were gone.

0:56.2

It was just over three years ago when Diane got her big break in acting.

1:00.9

She landed the role of Maritzer Ramos, one of the young Latina inmates in the hit series,

1:05.1

Orange is the New Black.

1:06.7

If you want more pizza, vote for Mariz.

1:10.1

I like pizza.

1:11.0

Everyone likes pizza.

1:13.0

It's American as shit.

1:15.0

A year later, when she was 28, Diane was cast in Jane the Virgin as Lena,

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