understand latinos, you have no idea. a lot more view in the world. like, yes! we re just close with each other. we were taught to be grateful. and why. you can still be grateful, but you don t have to be quite. los angeles, a city rich with a latina culture. five brazilians enjoy. i ve been here for 27 years, with my chosen family, my friends, and my career. i m a matchmaker. i know what it is. there is a lot of good in this world. so, you better believe, i know exactly where to get the best emily to serve the lady. i ve been coming to this restaurant since 1995. since i got here to l.a., i mean you are actually, on your day one. i am, girl. one of the things that i love and i m obsessed with is that mole here. today, we are gonna make a [speaking spanish] . i love my puerto rican acts. here all all the ingredients. we re gonna blend this together. did you guys have a restaurant in oaxaca also? when we were in the oaxaca
a monolith, you know? that we are not a monolith, but yet, they re still thinking inherently, latina, about every single one of us. and still, i could have a table, 100 feet long, and we would be with everything that we look like. so, i just want to thank you for coming here, and joining this little actress. [laughs] little? not little. thank you for having us. i have a cuban sandwich right here. [laughs] this is a total cuban sandwich. i have a glorious sandwich, and a cuban stand. i love it! in the beginning, you are told that you were to latino for american audiences. absolutely. and to american for latino audiences. it went both ways. i grew up in both worlds, and i feel very comfortable in both. and that s what music allowed me to be what i became, because we had vocabulary. musically, and you know, language wise, in both worlds.