- She was a dancer for 14 years, taking lessons and eventually teaching (beginning at age 12) at her aunt's dance studio in Illinois.
- In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, cooking, rollerblading and traveling home to Chicago to visit her family.
- After high school, she traveled to Europe to model and lived in Italy and Greece.
- She was inspired to pursue a career in acting after seeing another Latina actress, Rita Moreno, in West Side Story (1961).
- Born on exactly the same date as Christine Elise (of "Beverly Hills 90210" fame).
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