Dania Ramirez Wants Everyone to "Change Their Perspective on Immigrants"

POPSUGAR: You codirected a minidocumentary for Immigrant Heritage Month. Why was it important for you to share your family's immigration story?

Dania Ramirez: We did this to both inspire other immigrants by sharing a positive story of hard work and to thank and appreciate the generations that came before us for all their sacrifice so our generation could have a better future. The big message is to change our perspective on what an immigrant is and the negative connotation that comes with that word. We titled it An American Alien in hopes of giving aliens a new face. The American dream is real, tangible, and should be accessible to us all without judgment.