"Everything that I do is truly for my community," Pascual-Peña tells POPSUGAR and she clearly means it. Her wildest dreams are yes, to be a successful multi-hyphenate in Hollywood but also to give back, supporting immigrants, Latinas, and the arts. She loves the Latinx community and that love inspires her to use her platform to push us to do better: "A lot of people tried to tell me 'we're all family, somos Latinos'. And I'm like, 'Yeah, we are. But you guys continue to negate and erase our experiences, and the fact that we deal with racism.'" That's why it's so important for her to play Afro-Latina parts. She hopes her roles help other Black Latinos "know that they're valid in their beauty and in their truth and in their experiences. These are conversations that started in my house, and now I'm having them on greater platforms." And with that, she's changing the world.
