Cristela Alonzo, the first Latina to ... Born and raised in San Juan in Texas, Alonzo — the youngest of four children raised by a single mother — lived her childhood under extreme ...

Cristela Alonzo is settling into a booth at members-only Soho House in West Hollywood, ... Mercedes, delivers a rousing monologue about being born in America but treated like a foreigner.

Texas-born comedian Cristela Alonzo comes to Dallas on Saturday to tape her third Netflix special, "Upper Classy," at the Majestic Theatre in downtown. (Beth Dubber/Netflix / BETH DUBBER/NETFLIX ...

Cristela Alonzo, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes team up with comedians to raise $11k for Uvalde. ... Alonzo was born and raised in San Juan, which is in Hidalgo County in South Texas.

The new ABC show Cristela is the brainchild of Cristela Alonzo, a Mexican-American comedian who was born in San Juan, Texas, and spent the first eight years of her life living with her family as ...

Cristela Alonzo is settling into a booth at members-only Soho House in West Hollywood, ... Mercedes, delivers a rousing monologue about being born in America but treated like a foreigner.

Comedian Cristela Alonzo was once a young girl in Hidalgo County, living in abject poverty. Her family squatted for years in an abandoned diner. In the early aughts, as a 20-something, she moved ...

She’s also the first Latina to create, produce, and star in her own network sitcom, “Cristela.” ABC canceled the show in 2014 after one season, but it cemented her place in Hollywood history. Alonzo ...