I'm Not Averse To Being

I'm A Cook, And I'm Like, "a Dash Of This, A Pinch Of That." I Cook With A Lot Of Passion And Instinct. So That's The Hardest Thing - To Put An Actual Recipe Together.

But America Was Built By Optimists. Optimists Like My Friend Amanda, Who Recently Started A Small Business. When She Went To Buy Her Website Address-her First And Last Name-she Found That Someone Already Owned It, But Wasn't Using It. So My Friend Emailed The Owner Of The Site To Ask If She Could Buy It. The Owner Wrote Back.

Latinos Have Not Historically Been A Culture That Unites Easily. We're Very Factioned - You Have Your Mexican Americans, Your Puerto Ricans, Your Cuban Americans, Your Central Americans - And Sometimes We Focus On The Differences More Than The Commonalities.

I Believe That Education Offers The Fastest Route To Economic Mobility. I Grew Up With A Family Of Strong, Accomplished, And Educated Women. I Believe, As They Say, That You Can't Be What You Don't See, And Since I Saw A Lot Of Smart Women In My Life, Education Being At The Center, I Just Mimicked That Behavior. There Was Never A Question That I'd Go To College. In Fact, I Was The Last Person In My Family To Get A Master's Degree, So That Tells You I'm Actually The Underachiever!

On A Television Show, You Basically Make A Movie A Week. Movies Take Three Months - It's Crazy. They're So Slow, It's Like Vacation To Me.