This is actress Andrea Perez: ... "Being Puerto Rican means absolutely everything to me. My dad always engrained that pride in me and my sister. So I’ve always been one to scream from the rooftops that I’m from PR. I love my food, my culture, my music, my people- we are truly one of a kind and that is something that has always made me feel really special. I wouldn’t know who I’d be if I wasn’t puerto rican and sometimes it can be a bit frustrating that I don’t really look it. I guess that’s why now a days I always make more of an effort to show it. I was very lucky. I come from a big family that’s very united so I was always extremely close with them, especially my cousins. We all grew up more like siblings. Horseback riding and fishing at my grandparents farm, running around playing games, throwing ourselves down huge hills on skate boards and roller blades. I spent a lot of those years in casts but still those years helped me realize how lucky I was to have this kind of support system, which today is something I wouldn’t know how to live without. When it comes to the hurricane, it is a really weird and disheartening feeling to go back to a place you’ve known your whole life, a place you’ve always called home, and not recognize parts of it." Andrea's family and their homes survived except for one: The grandparent's farm where she threw herself down those hills and broke all those bones. ... We loved getting to know her so much. Thank you Andrea! #makeupartist @annamalskaya headshots nyc