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REPLAY: Diane Guerrero on the Power of Owning Your Story

Latina to Latina

LWC Studios

Aliciamenendez, Entrepreneurship, News, Entertainment News, 519788, Business, Latinas, Lantiguawilliams, Latinos, Hispanics, Society & Culture

4.8618 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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0:00.0

Hello there, welcome back to Latina to Latina.

0:05.0

You probably know Diane Guerrero for her roles on Orange is the New Black, Jane the Virgin, and Superior Donuts.

0:12.0

She is an incredible and compelling actor.

0:15.0

But the most captivating story Diane tells is her own.

0:18.0

When she was just 14 years old, her parents and older brother were

0:21.9

deported to Columbia, leaving Diane to figure out how to make a life for herself in the U.S.

0:28.0

Coordinating our schedule so I could fly out to L.A. took a minute, but it was worth it to have

0:32.1

the type of conversation she and I had. Where are you coming from? I'm coming from home right now. I'm sort of frazzled because I'm

0:43.7

like packing, going away for vacation for a couple days and then I'm going to go see my family in

0:48.6

Columbia for a week. When is this coming out? Because I'm surprising them. Don't worry. Got it.

0:52.7

Okay, good. Good, good. Yeah. I'm preparing to go see't worry. Got it. Okay, good.

0:55.1

Good, good.

0:57.3

Yeah, I'm preparing to go see my family.

0:58.9

Yeah, because you don't get to see them very often.

1:00.6

No, I don't see them very often. And so, like, every time I do, it's just, like, it's a big deal.

1:03.5

And so I'm excited for that, and I've had a, I've had a busy week.

1:08.9

Yeah, really busy week. Yeah, a really busy week. Yeah, I have.

1:12.0

Big announcements.

1:23.3

Yes, I just booked a new role for a DC Universe show called Doom Patrol, and I'm really excited for that.

1:24.1

I'm playing a character called Crazy Jane, who has 64 different personalities, and

1:28.5

with each personality comes a different superpower, and it's just like a band of weirdos,

1:35.2

and it's like the world that they live in is really interesting, and so I just think it's

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