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Gina Rodriguez: My Personal Hero

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BULLET BACKGROUND PAPER ON MY PERSONAL HERO PURPOSE The purpose of this bullet background paper is to outline information about my personal hero, Gina Rodriguez, and explain why she is my personal hero. ABOUT •Rodriguez was born in Raised in Chicago, Illinois and went to college at New York University •She is Afro-Latina and part Jewish •She has starred in multiple hit movies and television shows and has won many awards for them •Gina is most well known for her role as Jane on the show, “Jane the Virgin” for which she won a Golden Globe award REASONS - There are three main reasons why she is my hero -- Gina embraces both her Latina and American culture equally and in the same way that I embrace my cultures

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