I'm a little bit of everything. Sometimes people think I'm not Puerto Rican, because my name doesn't sound Spanish.

I just want to continue to break barriers and to show the industry and the world that beauty is diverse, and you don't have to be a certain stereotype to be beautiful.

When you look at the world, the world isn't just one palette. It's a beautiful rainbow, and why not have someone to represent that rainbow?

Fashion is part of our culture, and it's about more than just a pretty dress.

I also work out because I have scoliosis. I have to maintain certain strength in my core.

I would like to pick Rihanna's brain. I love her style and what she does.

My bikini, a pair of black high heels and a pair of comfortable jeans.

I would always hunch over, I was always taller than the boys. I had the extremely skinny legs... I would double up my socks, those ones from Footlocker, to make my legs look thicker.

I'm Puerto Rican! You can never take my rice, pork, and beans away. Plus, I love to cook. I'm one of those people who stay in the kitchen standing while everything is cooking, checking on everything.

I need someone who always wants more out of life. Like me - I'm just that way.

I was always very, very insecure about my height. Even as a 15-year-old I was a foot and a half taller than everyone.

You can walk away and say "We don't need this." but something in your eyes says "We can beat this.

Dare to read.

I sense the joy of young and old, I hear wondrous tales told, Beauty surrounds me as I gaze above, But I am alone for I live without love.

So? I know damn well that I didn’t poison her.”Veronica Lane, M.D., Treating Murder

It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women.

Whether you like me, or hate me, this is me.

In The Field Of Public Education, The Doctrine Of 'Separate But Equal' Has No Place

E is for the EDUCATORS, the women who taught us well.

Act because you love to act.

I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.