Ferrara’s story about her first audition tells everything about what it was like for her when she started out in Hollywood as a Latina actress.
“I was this little, brown, chubby, valley girl, who spoke like a valley girl,” Ferrera explained to People. “I walked in, did my audition [and] the casting director looked at me, and she was like, ‘That’s great. Can you do that again but, this time, sound more Latina?'”
Ferrara’s response? “I am Latina, and this is what I sound like.”