VIVA NOLA SEPTEMBER 2020

because I sound like you and I
was raised in this environment,’
she said. “It is definitely a
stereotype that gets placed on
Latinos based on region.”
In hoping to continue this
three-dimensional way of
presenting Latinos, Martin said
that the key is not being afraid
to tell your story. According to
her, this was something she
began to think about after living
in California and talking with her
castmates. “We’re like everybody
else. There is no difference; we’re
just a little tanner,” she said. “We
should be leading roles.”
As she moves on in her career,
Martin said that she has been
taking things one step at a time.
According to her, “Gentefied”
is preparing to get back in
production soon for season
two. Along with this, she has
also been auditioning for other
projects.
However, for Martin just like
many others, the COVID-19
pandemic has caused a
rollercoaster of different
emotions. Before the shutdown
of most operations, Martin had
traveled back home to visit her
family. “It was so sweet to be
back home with my family and
have that positivity around me,”
she said. “But, even us being
home, all together it is six of us,
so we were like ‘We are going to
go stir crazy here.’”
Though she has grown through
her time in Los Angeles, Martin
is prideful of the way her parents
taught her to be proud of who she
was no matter what.
“I’m so proud of the way my
parents brought us up to know
that we have value and are
worth being the leads in our own
stories,” she said. “I am very
proud to be able to represent the
Honduran-American culture on
this show even though I play a
Mexican.”
Karrie Martin plays
Ana Morales in
the Netflix Original
series “Gentefied,”
a comedy-drama
series based on the
online digital-short
of the same name.
Created by Marvin
Lemus and Linda
Yvette Chávez, the
series has been
produced and
directed by Ugly
Betty star America
Ferrera.
Image Credit: Netflix
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