Name: Acentos Bienvenidos: Con Café | Breakfast | Hulu
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- The Latina community has such a large umbrella.

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- I struggled with, like, identity for a bit.

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ANTHONY NGUYEN: I feel super fortunate to be multicultural.

JAINA LEE ORTIZ: I know. I know-- - It's calling my name, brother.

[laughter] - I live in Mexico, so I eat them.

- I was born here in United States, but both my parents are from Mexico.

- Um, I was born and raised in San Bernardino, California.

My mom is from, uh, Mexico and my dad's from Vietnam.

- The Latina community has such a large umbrella

and have different upbringings and experiences.

- Everyone has their own reality. - So many nuances.

I think that's why representation is so important.

Every single one of us comes from such a specific background.

- Right, right, right. - But it's the same as put under

- We'll make videos based on, like, our experience of growin' up

as a Mexican American in Southern California.

- Mm. - And then we'll get comments from people

that grew up Mexican American, but, like, in Texas,

and they're like, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, that's not how it goes.

- And we're, "Well, it's right to us." - Exactly. There's no--

There's not one right way. - Yeah, exactly.

- I'm second-generation Puerto Rican. I grew up in New York.

Some people are like, "Oh, but you're not Puerto Rican,

I'm still Puerto Rican from New York." [all agreeing]

It's like, "I'm not any less... - In your blood.

- ...or any more just because I'm not from the island."

And language, too. Like, I didn't grow up speaking Spanish.

You know, some friends were like, "Well, you're not really Puerto Rican

You understand. All of you. Right, right, right.

- "Oh, you're not American enough 'cause you're Mexican."

- Do you feel a obligation to teach people about

Hispanic culture through the characters you play?

- There's definitely the responsibility to represent

Being an Afro-Latina, how do you want to see

- With all of the nuances included in every single story.

With Afro-Latinos, we have these stories of resistance that are really localized.

I think the more that we have these experiences coming to the forefront,

whether it's, like, first-generation or it's... something more historical.

ANTHONY: Did you grow up seeing female Latina directors?

- Not as much. I saw more African American representation,

and it was so incredible to be able to learn from that and see--

and be like, "Okay, yeah, like, I'm definitely reflected in that."

But there's also this other part that is nuanced of me

that isn't being reflected, especially as an Afro-Latina.

And I was like, "All right, so, like... that means that it's my job to do it."

It's like, "Let's get, let's, let's get this done."

Your YouTube videos, there's humor, but it's, but it's also highly nuanced.

is pretty much a product of our lives combined.

but, like, Ramon grew up a lot more Mexican than me.

Like, he grew up with a lot more experiences.

He's, like, teaching that character, Chris, about Mexican culture,

and at the same time, he's, like, teaching me, like, in real life.

- Well, I think as a community, as Latinos,

we gotta support each other and just uplift each other.

of the Mexican traditions and, like, culture,

so in the process of trying to teach people the beauty of my culture,

ANTHONY: I pretty much have dealt with three different cultures my whole life.

I had the American culture, the Mexican culture,

Because of that, I've always felt out of place, for the most part.

This is just who I am. Like, I can't really change who I am.

- My mother's from Venezuela, my father's from Dominican Republic,

so I'm not Venezuelan enough, I'm not Dominican enough,

pero, it makes for a more rich understanding of existing.

I could have menudo one day and then the next day can have pho.

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