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Singer, songwriter, actress, and influencer who just put out a six-song EP in late June. The title track from that release reached number 11 on the iTunes charts and she has gotten airplay on iHeartRadio. She lives in Los Angeles and is known for her roles as Olive on Disney Channel’s “Sydney to the Max” and as Ava on Disney’s Emmy-nominated “Girl Meets World.” She has also appeared in multiple major feature films. She is a Sony Electronics audio ambassador and has amassed a tremendous following, including 4.3 million followers on TikTok, one million followers on Instagram, and a combined total of more than 4.2 million video views on her official YouTube channel.

Notable Guest Quotes

“It felt amazing to release such a complete project.  I feel like I really got the chance to kind of show myself as an artist versus, ‘Oh, one song here, one song there.’  I feel like people didn’t really get to know me through those, they just got glimpses into kind of who I am as an artist.”

“I actually grew up speaking fluent Spanish and fluent English… I’m still definitely very comfortable in speaking.  My family and I travel to Mexico a lot… So, I really loved incorporating that into my music and kind of showing people that side of me.”

“We wrote, we wrote, we wrote and then we picked our favorite six, which was very difficult to pick.”

“For me, releasing the EP, it wasn’t about necessarily the response or the views or the numbers or really who’s listening to it but just the fact that I get to finally put these songs out there because I have waited so long to release these songs.”

“I was at 60… and I was freaking out.  I thought that it was absolutely insane that I was even charting on iTunes… and then I saw that it went down to 50 and I started losing my mind… and the next morning I woke up and… it was at, like, 24, and then it was at 13… and then when it reached 11, I was at my peak happiness of, like, life… I saw the project chart higher and higher and higher, and it was just like kind of an unreal experience for me.”

“When I took my trip to New York in July there was a billboard of my face of the Ballerina cover art in Times Square… I was screaming and shrieking… It was such a proud moment for me.”

“I am a… Sony Electronics Audio ambassador, so, I work with Sony on their audio products side, but I also get to kind of play around with all their other electronics like cameras and gaming consoles et cetera.”

“I’m going to Utah with Sony… for a brand trip and I’m also going to Tokyo with them in September.”

“A huge passion of mine is philanthropy and kind of volunteering and working with organizations.  I’ve always loved to do that… and I would definitely consider myself a bit of an animal activist.”

“I started acting at four years old… and my second role was Kate Beckinsale’s daughter… I actually remember that project very vividly even though I was only five years old… Since then, I’ve done two Disney shows.  I’ve been on Disney Channel for seven years.”

“The modeling industry is definitely something very different, especially runway.  I think eventually I would love to do some print stuff, like certain campaigns for some brands that I love, I would for sure be open to that.”

“I got in a studio session with Francisco Lucio… and a GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter and producer, Peter Zizzo… and we ended up doing three songs together and I just fell in love with the songwriting and recording process.”

Songs on this episode

“Say Less”
“Ballerina”