“I feel like there's this misconception that immigrants come here and just don't care about the system and paying taxes, and that's not true.”

American actress and singer

Diane Guerrero is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Maritza Ramos in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, Lina in Jane the Virgin, and Kay Challis, also called Crazy Jane, in Doom Patrol. Her work on Orange Is the New Black was part of three consecutive Screen Actors Guild Award wins for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. She is also the author of In the Country We Love: My Family Divided, a memoir shaped by her parents' detention and deportation when she was fourteen. Her voice roles include Jessica Cruz, Green Lantern, in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five, and Isabela Madrigal in Encanto.