![]() It’s interesting to show that and, especially as the teacher, to make sure that it’s not just her leading the kids all the time. And then in other spaces, I’m really insecure and I feel really uncomfortable. In a lot of spaces, I’m very, very confident and very comfortable in who I am. How do you go about achieving that balance? One aspect of your performances across different projects is your ability to express a character’s insecurities while also managing to project a very real confidence. But it’s never about that, which I think is really great. The stuff that we do sprinkle in about her being a Latina isn’t like, “And now here’s a very special episode about our Latinx lead.” It’s just, she happens to be, and so she happens to say and do certain things that might be a little different. She’s just a teacher and happens to be Latina. When they cast me, we got to make her Alicia Gomez and we got to make her Colombian like myself. You mentioned they interviewed different people for it, but was that something that you brought to the role? Your character in “Head of the Class” is another role that highlights a Latinx perspective. “Head of the Class” stars Gavin Lewis, Dior Goodjohn, Adrian Matthew Escalona, Isabella Gomez, Brandon Severs and Jolie Hoang Rappaport. It was just, “Here’s what a normal high school room would look like. I was stoked that that’s what the cast looks like. And it just so happened that the cast was super diverse because there’s so much talent all over the spectrum. I think that the creative team really went in and auditioned people and just wanted to get whoever was the best for the role. And in fact, Alicia was Alicia Adams before she was Alicia Gomez. What I liked about it is that it wasn’t even a conversation about that. Was that important to you in taking on this project?Ībsolutely. “Head of the Class” has a very diverse cast and feels representative of high schools across the country. It was also just fun in that I have a baby face and I look super young. I was very lucky to work with Justina and Rita for such a long time that I feel like I got really used to seeing them lead and seeing them come into a room, so I tried my best to emulate that. I was like, “Really, they want me to play the teacher? OK…” a cool vibe to have Alicia blend in and maybe seem like one of the kids. What’s that transition been like, to playing the adult in the room? You played a student on “One Day at a Time” and now you’re playing a teacher. The show is so different than “One Day at a Time” that I didn’t feel like, “Oh, I’m doing another reboot.” Right now, we need so much joy and so much laughter after the couple of years we’ve had as humans that I was really excited to sign on board. It makes so much sense for me, especially with this character. You’re following “One Day at a Time” with another reboot.
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