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" The big, radical thing that I'm trying to do is to portray Latinas as complex human beings. "

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" People in L.A. think I'm insane to go back to Chicago during the winter. It's because I love my apartment and fleece leggings and my friends. "

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" I went in for a meeting with Marta Fernandez, and she said, 'We are looking for a female millennial show. Have you heard of the term 'chipster'?' And I was like, 'Of course - Chicana hipster.' "

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" At Shondaland, six out of nine writers were of color - not Latinx, but I was like, 'Wait, I can do that but for the whole room?' 'Atlanta' had done that, then I can do that. "

" I'm always in the car in L.A., so I see the people I work with - and, thank God, I adore the people I work with - but it's a little lonely. "

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" Young men and women of color get told 'no' by so many people. But just listen to your inner voice. Amplify it. Make it strong! "

" I'm always writing. There's no stopping. It's just that you can't see it sometimes. "

" Write about your experiences! When I moved to L.A., I didn't have any friends, and the office janitor was the person who I saw the most. He would always come in at around 10:00 P.M., and I would still be at my desk, so I wrote a play about a first-year TV writer and the friendship that she developed with the janitor. Our stories matter. "

" When you work in a writers room for a showrunner, you serve that story, and you serve that showrunner. I don't think it should be called writing; I think it should be called rendering content. Because you are there to render the content that is agreed upon in the room, and you're serving the voice of the main storyteller, which is the showrunner. "

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" Putting on makeup before work is a meditative exercise. It incites me to think about how I'll tackle my day. "

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" Pleasures. I had to cut them back so I can write. And it's worked! It so has. But I am the most boring human on the planet. "