“We’re used to seeing Latinos as gangsters, drug dealers, or people trying to cross the boarder. We’re so rarely represented for all of the things we are.” People Magazine
“Hopefully I’ve learned from all of the things I’ve failed at. I’ve learned to just keep my mouth shut and go about my day. I’ve gotten way better at ignoring haters. You just get to a point where you go man I have got to grow up.” People Magazine
“If you’ve found something you love to do, listen to your heart, not to judgmental idiots who are too scared to chase their dreams. Cosmopolitan Magazine
“So if I were to say anything, I would just say that the one thing I regret growing up was just not being me. “And I spent so much of my life not being me, and, like, you never get those years back. So just be you. And say I am who I am, because who wants to be anybody else? That shit’s boring.” Seventeen Magazine
“For me, who cares about popularity? If people only like you because you’re popular, why do you want to be friends with them anyway?.” Cosmopolitan Magazine
“Just in case it isn’t clear, I like girls-a lot. But also, let me say that if I was gay, I wouldn’t hide it. Being gay or straight isn’t bad or good it just IS. You are who you are. Always be true to yourself.” Chicago Tribune
“In middle school, my demon would receive my school picture and maybe gently suggest I do something about those eyebrows, but for the most part it left me alone. Then I started caring about boys. Boys, who were going through their own battles, started to point things out about me I hadn’t yet noticed. I looked like a frog. I smiled like a Muppet. One told me to stop looking at him with my big weird eyes. I looked in the mirror at my flat chest and my freckles and hear a sound. It was the demon. He moved in and demanded the top bunk. The demon still visits me often. I wish I could tell you that being on TV or having a nice picture in a magazine suddenly washes all of those thoughts away, but it really doesn’t.” People Magazine