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• Born to an American father and Mexican mother.
• Grew up in California, as her family moved there when she was young.
• Worked as a waitress in Hollywood while pursuing an acting career.
• Relocated to Mexico City, where her aunt was a respected novela writer, in the early 1980s in hopes of finding an acting gig.
• Attended Televisa's acting school, where she learned about the acting craft and also about making novelas.