Diane Guerrero

For me, picking a college was really difficult. I wish I had had my parents there kind of supervising me. But I chose well. I did OK. ”

I worked a variety of jobs in retail and at coffee shops all through high school. And, though I was surrounded by people who cared about me, part of me ached with every accomplishment, because my parents weren't there to share my joy. ”

When you watch 'Doom Patrol,' you'll see most of the characters are trying to run away from their feelings and their emotions, and the minute they take a second and look at themselves face to face, that's when things can actually get resolved and get one step closer to peace. ”

It's interesting when people access their inner little girl or little boy. I remember doing tons of those exercises when I was in school, where you're trying to dig into your vulnerability. There's no mask for a child, so all those feelings are real. ”

We have a lot of comments on the news, we have a lot of rhetoric over what an immigrant is and what a deportee is, but you don't hear any real stories. I don't think we ever had the chance to really tell our side. ”

Once my family was taken, I became fully aware that my community matters less to some people. That we are treated differently because of the color of our skin or where our parents were born. ”

I want to present the immigrant community in more of a real light. ”

I am conscious of the community that I'm representing and don't play into stereotypes. ”

I am representing my community, in a sense, especially given the fact that there are not as many Latino actors out there. ”

I feel like there's this misconception that immigrants come here and just don't care about the system and paying taxes, and that's not true. ”