Diane Guerrero (born July 21, 1986) is an American actress and author.
She is known for her roles as inmate Maritza Ramos on the Netflix
series Orange Is the New Black and Lina on Jane the Virgin. Guerrero
grew up in Boston and remained there after the rest of her family was
deported to Colombia. She is an advocate for immigration reform. Her
role on Orange Is the New Black has contributed to three consecutive
wins for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by
an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Guerrero is the author of In the
Country We Love: My Family Divided, a memoir about her parents being
detained and deported when she was fourteen. She currently stars as
Jane in the DC Universe action-drama series Doom Patrol.Guerrero was
born in Passaic, New Jersey, to Colombian parents and raised in
Boston, Massachusetts. As the only member of her immediate family with
United States citizenship, she remained in the U.S. at the age of 14
when her parents and older brother were deported back to Colombia
after unsuccessfully pursuing legal citizenship. Guerrero has since
become a strong advocate for immigration reform.Guerrero was raised in
the Jamaica Plain and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston after being
taken in by other Colombian families. She attended Boston Arts
Academy, a performing arts high school, where she was in the music
department. Among her high school activities was singing with a jazz
group, but she anticipated pursuing political science and
communications in college. Her first job after college was in a law
office.
She is known for her roles as inmate Maritza Ramos on the Netflix
series Orange Is the New Black and Lina on Jane the Virgin. Guerrero
grew up in Boston and remained there after the rest of her family was
deported to Colombia. She is an advocate for immigration reform. Her
role on Orange Is the New Black has contributed to three consecutive
wins for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by
an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Guerrero is the author of In the
Country We Love: My Family Divided, a memoir about her parents being
detained and deported when she was fourteen. She currently stars as
Jane in the DC Universe action-drama series Doom Patrol.Guerrero was
born in Passaic, New Jersey, to Colombian parents and raised in
Boston, Massachusetts. As the only member of her immediate family with
United States citizenship, she remained in the U.S. at the age of 14
when her parents and older brother were deported back to Colombia
after unsuccessfully pursuing legal citizenship. Guerrero has since
become a strong advocate for immigration reform.Guerrero was raised in
the Jamaica Plain and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston after being
taken in by other Colombian families. She attended Boston Arts
Academy, a performing arts high school, where she was in the music
department. Among her high school activities was singing with a jazz
group, but she anticipated pursuing political science and
communications in college. Her first job after college was in a law
office.
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