History Trivia / Vida

* DawsonCasting: 21-year-old Marisol is played by Chelsea Rendon, who was 27 at the time of season 3 filming.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Melissa Barrera, a native Mexican who speaks fluent Spanish, plays Lyn Hernandez, an American-born Latina who's inability to speak (and just barely understand) Spanish serves to highlight her ''pocha''[[note]]A person of Mexican ancestry who lives in the US and doesn't speak fluent Spanish[[/note]] image.

* TroubledProduction: The show became a target of the anti-gentrification movement "Defend Boyle Heights", fearing that the show's constant presence would result in real-life gentrification. Since then subsequent photography and filming were moved to Pico-Union.

* ActorSharedBackground: Mishel Prada, like her character Emma, is Mexican-American. The only difference is that while her character is of full Mexican descent, Prada is of mixed Mexican, Dominican, Puerto Rican, and French descent. Likewise, Roberta Colindrez is half Honduran and half Argentine like her character, Nico. However, Colindrez is Mexican-American, having been born in Mexico though growing up within the US.

* FakeNationality: The American-born Lyn is played by Mexican actress Melissa Barrera.

** Roberta Colindrez, who plays Nico, identifies as queer.

* CastingGag: Eddy is asked if she's non-binary in one episode. She's confused and says "No". The actor portraying her, Ser Anzoategui, ''is'' non-binary.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Melissa Barrera, a native Mexican who speaks fluent Spanish, plays Lyn Hernandez, who's inability to speak (and just barely understand) Spanish serves to highlight her ''pocha''[[note]]A person of Mexican ancestry who lives in the US and doesn't speak fluent Spanish[[/note]] image.

* ActorSharedBackground: Mishel Prada, like her character Emma, is Mexican-American. The only difference is that while her character is of full Mexican descent, Prada is of mixed Mexican, Dominican, Puerto Rican, and French descent. Likewise, Roberta Colindrez is half Honduran and half Argentine like her character, Nico.

* ActorSharedBackground: Mishel Prada, like her character Emma, is Mexican-American. The only difference is that while her character is of full Mexican descent, Prada is of mixed Mexican, Dominican, Puerto Rican, and French descent.

* FakeNationality:
** The American-born Lyn is played by Mexican actress Melissa Barrera.
%%** Roberta Colindrez, who is a Mexican-American of Argentinian and Honduran descent, plays Nico, a white American.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: Melissa Barrera, a native Mexican who speaks fluent Spanish, plays Lyn Hernandez, who's inability to speak (and just barely understand) Spanish serves to highlight her ''pocha'' image.

** Roberta Colindrez, who is a Mexican-American of Argentinian and Honduran descent, plays Nico, a white American.

* TroubledProduction: The show became a major target of the movement "Defend Boyle Heights", fearing that the show's constant presence would result in real-life gentrification. Since then subsequent photography and filming were moved to Pico-Union.

** The infamous "White-ina" slur wasn't something made up on the spot--the show's producer Tonya Soracho was called that by a Boyle Heights resident who thought that filming in the aforementioned neighborhood would cause real-life gentrification. In going with one of the show's themes on racism within the Latin community, Soracho decided to throw it in.

** Roberta Colindrez who is a Mexican-American of Argentinian and Honduran descent, plays Nico, a white American.

** Roberta Colindrez who is a Mexican of Argentinian and Honduran descent plays Nico, a white American.

** The gentrification subplot was inspired by the real-life 2017 protests in response to increasing gentrification of Boyle Heights (the Hernandez sisters' neighbourhood in the show).

* FakeNationality: The American-born Lyn is played by Mexican actress Melissa Barrera.
* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Ser Anzoategui, who plays ButchLesbian Eddy, is non-binary.

** The infamous "White-ina" slur wasn't something made up on the spot--the show's producer Tonya Soracho was called that by a Boyle Heights resident who thought that filming in the aforementioned neighbourhood would cause real-life gentrification. In going with one of the show's themes on racism within the Latin community, Soracho decided to throw it in.

** The infamous "White-ina" slur wasn't something made up on the spot--the show's producer Tonya Soracha was called that by a Boyle Heights resident who thought that filming in the aforementioned neighbourhood would cause real-life gentrification. In going with one of the show's themes on racism within the Latin community, Soracha decided to throw it in.

* ActorSharedBackground: Mishel Prada, like her character Emma, is Mexican-American. Though while her character is of full Mexican descent, Prada is of mixed Mexican, Dominican, Puerto Rican, and French descent.
* FakeNationality: Melissa Barrera, who plays the American-born Lyn Hernandez, was born in Mexico.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The gentrification subplot was inspired by the real-life 2017 protests in response to increasing gentrification of Boyle Heights (the Hernandez sisters' neighbourhood in the show).

** The infamous "White-ina" slur wasn't something made up on the spot--the show's producer Tonya Soracha was called that on the phone by a Boyle Heights resident who thought that filming in the aforementioned neighbourhood would cause real-life gentrification. In going with one of the show's themes on racism within the Latin community, Soracha decided to throw it in.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The gentrification subplot was inspired by the real-life 2017 protests in response to increasing gentrification of Boyle Heights (the Hernandez sisters' neighbourhood in the show).

* ActorSharedBackground: Mishel Prada, like her character Emma, is Mexican-American. [[note]] The slight difference being that while her character is of full Mexican descent, Prada is of mixed Mexican, Dominican, Puerto Rican, and French descent.[[/note]]

* ActorSharedBackground: Mishel Prada, like her character Emma, is Mexican-American. The only slight difference here is that while her character is of full Mexican descent, Prada is of mixed Mexican, Dominican, Puerto Rican, and French descent.

* FakeNationality: Melissa Barrera, who plays the American-born Lyn Hernandez, was born in Mexico.