How Actress and Model Jillian Mercado Is Breaking Boundaries For Disabled Latinas

Mercado's role as a disabled person in the series has been groundbreaking. It shows aspects of the character's life and personality that aren't centered around her disability, including her sex life.

"I think it will give people a reeducation of what a person with a disability looks like,"she told SELF. "It's 'The L Word,' so there's a lot of romance, and there's a lot of love. Unfortunately, a lot of people have this notion that people with disabilities don't have relationships, that we don't fall in love, and that we're not sexually active. I was able to play around with that aspect of the human experience."