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CAMILA<br />
MEND S<br />
Don’t be fooled by her<br />
new-<br />
od status.<br />
The 23-year-old<br />
actress has<br />
be<strong>en</strong> so focused on laun-<br />
ching her career, that<br />
she’s<br />
gott<strong>en</strong> off to a fast<br />
start<br />
t<br />
girl-to-Hollywood<br />
playing the privilegeded Latina<br />
character Veronica<br />
Lodge<br />
on<br />
the breakout series Riverdal<br />
ale<br />
(CW). “It’s just so refreshing<br />
to see a differ<strong>en</strong>t<br />
story<br />
told<br />
for Latino families.<br />
It’ t’s rarere<br />
that you see [the em] portra-<br />
and<br />
power-<br />
ful <strong>en</strong>tities.” The<br />
NYU<br />
Tisch<br />
School of the Art<br />
ts graduate<br />
has the unique opportuni-<br />
ty of connecting<br />
with her<br />
culture both on-<br />
scre<strong>en</strong><strong>en</strong> and<br />
off. With her Bra<br />
azilian<br />
background, the<br />
Virginia-native<br />
yed as intellig<strong>en</strong>tt<br />
makes sure to<br />
stay on top of<br />
her roots by<br />
speaking Portuguese<br />
with her<br />
par<strong>en</strong>ts and staying<br />
connected with her<br />
ext<strong>en</strong>ded family<br />
via group<br />
chats on WhatsA<br />
App. p. “I have<br />
so much appreciation<br />
for<br />
how those two cultur<br />
ures<br />
[Br<br />
Bra-<br />
zilian and Ameri can]<br />
hav<br />
ave<br />
created who I am m.”<br />
—THATIANA DÍAZ<br />
Did you know that<br />
Riverdale is Camila’s first<br />
acting gig? “I worked as an<br />
office intern for a tal<strong>en</strong>t<br />
ag<strong>en</strong>cy one summer. They<br />
signed me, and after a year<br />
of auditioning, Riverdale<br />
was the first job I booked.”<br />
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