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" I started taking voice when I was six and dance classes every day - I just couldn't get enough. "

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" I'm a Mexican girl from California, and I never grew up thinking I could be in a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. I didn't really see myself in that. Not that I didn't grow up loving Rodgers and Hammerstein, but I don't know - I just never put myself there. "

" I've worked with incredible people that have set amazing examples for me. "

" I've never been a bridesmaid. "

" I think I'm the person who keeps friends from hitting 'send.' I've definitely helped people go through emails before sending them. I'm a good proofreader. "

" I loved Judy Garland growing up, and I also loved Ella Fitzgerald. "

" I feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired. "

" I want to scare myself when I choose what I want to work on. "

" I love my body. I love representing people who aren't stick figures, because people aren't. "

" When I was 12, I played Dorothy in my community theatre production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and it was very critically hailed by my school paper! "

" I loved working on 'Dogfight,' but when I first read it and wrapped my head around the story, I was a little horrified. "

" I am not a beauty queen, and I was not the popular girl in high school. "

" 'Dogfight' holds a special place in my heart, and I try to sing the songs whenever I can. "

" 'Dogfight' is my favorite thing I've ever worked on. It's such a special piece, and I'm so close to the character of Rose. I loved doing it every night. "

" I was born in Southern California in a city called Norwalk. I grew up there until I moved up to New York when I was 18. "

" I don't look like a chorus girl. "

" When you hear you're going to audition for 'Dogfight,' the show about bringing ugly women to parties, you're like, 'Oh, great, thank you.' Then you read lines where people call you fat, and you call yourself fat or ugly, and it can wear on you. But that's also our dream as actors, to play someone else and give someone else a voice. "

" I knew if I were ever to leave 'Godspell,' which I loved so much, it would have to be for something really spectacular. "

" I teach a lot of young musical theatre actors, and I notice that a lot of them say that they have a harder time connecting the classic repertoire. "

" I've always been afraid to do a solo show. When I go to see the great solo shows of Liz Callaway or Christine Ebersole, they have so many incredible stories to talk about, and their material and lives are so rich. I've always worried that my life was not rich enough. "

" Judy Garland, Doris Day, and Gene Kelly were all big influences growing up from all of the films. I'm also a huge folk music fan - Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan have influenced a lot of how music can inspire change in our world. "

" I have a big persona onstage sometimes, but offstage, I'm super shy. Like, I don't want to perform for people - I'd rather die than sing in a room for someone. "

" At 'Wicked,' they are really great about letting you make your own choices with the roles. "

" Being called ugly every day is not easy on the psyche. "

" I have a group of fans who pitched in and named a star after me... So. Cool. "

" With 'Wicked,' I was stepping into a role that I didn't make so that felt like I had more boundaries then I did with 'Carousel.' "

" It's nice to be with a male energy as opposed to a female energy. It's very different. "

" I have a major love for musical theatre, including a lot of stuff I don't get to do very often. "

" I've never been a thin girl. I grew up being - I don't want to say a plus-size girl, but a girl of curves and substance. "

" I'm good friends with Matt Morrison. "

" I'm a big Broadway fan and a big MGM fan. "