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'Saved By the Bell's Alycia Pascual-Peña on Bringing Her Afro-Latina Background to the Series (Exclusive)
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etonline.comrevival as Aisha, a character who was originally supposed to be Black, but was later changed to fit Pascual-Peña's Afro-Latina background. «It's huge,» the actress tells ET of producers' decision to tweak her character. «Growing up as an actress, obviously I got so many breakdowns and I never saw anything written specifically for someone of my intersectionality in my community.» «So the fact that I get to be on a show and be this young girl coming of age who happens to be Afro-Latina is huge to me, because I didn't see that myself growing up,» she shares.
Pascual-Peña, who is Black and Dominican, has been in the industry since age three and acting professionally since she was nine.
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