If Margarita Carmen Cansino aka Rita Hayworth, Dolores del Rio, Maria Conchita Alonso, Rita Moreno, and Chita Rivera did it, why not? Chrissie Hynde, Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, and Heart had the guts to break the mold, so why not me?
Building confidence is a difficult task if you’re a Latina trying to break into a lily white, male-dominated business in the 1980s. Who cared that I was awesomeness personified in my high school drama club, or that I…