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Fight for your dream

When the ABC show Cristela premiered in 2014, Cristela Alonzo made U.S. history, the first Latina to write, produce, and star in her own prime-time comedy. But this dream didn鈥檛 come easy: Cristela had to fight for her vision at every stage of the process. As she takes us on the journey to making the sitcom, you鈥檒l hear how she found her first opportunities by simply doing what she loved 鈥 which 鈥渁ccidentally鈥 led to a show based on her life. You鈥檒l hear how she fights for the show she wants, to the very end 鈥 and never waits for permission to chase her next dream.

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30 minutes