Aida Margarita Parada Rodriguez (born August 29, 1977) is an American
comedian of Puerto Rican/Dominican descent who is best known for her
appearance as a contestant on the eighth season of Last Comic Standing
and as a commentator on The Young Turks. She is also an actress,
producer, writer, and podcaster.Aida was born in Boston, Massachusetts
and taken to the Dominican Republic shortly afterward. As a child, her
mother kidnapped her from her father in the Dominican Republic, and
brought her to the U.S. Her grandmother and uncle would later abduct
her from her mother's home in New York and bring her to Florida, in an
attempt to protect her from her mother's boyfriend. Her uncle was
later murdered in a hate crime. She attended Florida State University
where she met her future husband Omar Ellison. She studied English and
law, but left before graduating after she became pregnant. She was
recruited by modeling agency IMG. She and Ellison later
divorced.Rodriguez moved to Los Angeles in the early 2000s with her
two children after her divorce from Ellison. After a bout with
anorexia and a divorce, she turned to comedy for healing. For a time,
she and her children were homeless and lived out of a car.Rodriguez
attempts to transform painful episodes of her life into comedy
material, while also addressing difficult issues such as misogyny and
racism.
comedian of Puerto Rican/Dominican descent who is best known for her
appearance as a contestant on the eighth season of Last Comic Standing
and as a commentator on The Young Turks. She is also an actress,
producer, writer, and podcaster.Aida was born in Boston, Massachusetts
and taken to the Dominican Republic shortly afterward. As a child, her
mother kidnapped her from her father in the Dominican Republic, and
brought her to the U.S. Her grandmother and uncle would later abduct
her from her mother's home in New York and bring her to Florida, in an
attempt to protect her from her mother's boyfriend. Her uncle was
later murdered in a hate crime. She attended Florida State University
where she met her future husband Omar Ellison. She studied English and
law, but left before graduating after she became pregnant. She was
recruited by modeling agency IMG. She and Ellison later
divorced.Rodriguez moved to Los Angeles in the early 2000s with her
two children after her divorce from Ellison. After a bout with
anorexia and a divorce, she turned to comedy for healing. For a time,
she and her children were homeless and lived out of a car.Rodriguez
attempts to transform painful episodes of her life into comedy
material, while also addressing difficult issues such as misogyny and
racism.
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