When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.
I always tell people, 'Coming from such a big Mexican family when there's a new baby every three weeks, you have to do something to get someone's attention.'
It's nice to get to know people who are the same age as you that do the same things because it's like a different level of understanding.
Coffee is my water now.
I think confidence is a true form of beauty.
For my everyday look, I don't like going anywhere without eye makeup.
I'm a California girl. I grew up in Inglewood right by LAX.
My only way of getting my uncles' attention or aunts' attention or whoever's attention was by dancing and singing around the house.
I got discovered off of YouTube.
My main focus when I do my makeup is my eyes - I accentuate my eyes, and they look bigger. More 'va va voom,' I guess you can say.
My personal style reflects my music. My music and how I dress is just how I express myself; it's just me. My music is urban pop, and my style of dressing is urban but still girly. I like that combination. The contrast is very nice.
I look up to Rihanna and Rita Ora. They obviously wear a lot of gold jewelry and have this urban feel to them.
In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
I'm nosey, and I have a great imagination. So it's not necessarily things I have to go through, but it's things people I know or my family is going through, and I hear about it, and I think, 'That sounds like a great song.'
I'm not going to be doing anything to hurt myself or my fans.
I want my fans to understand that what you put into the universe is what you get back.
Giving back is the right thing to do, whether it's donating clothing or even just a smile to someone who needs it.
Boyfriends? Psh, like I've got time for that!
I want a guy who's going to be accepting of - one, my big 'ol, loud Mexican family - and also my career, because it's a lot. I don't want someone who's like... 'Oh, you don't have time for me'. Like, I want somebody who's sure of himself and gonna be like, 'Okay, you go do your thing, and when you come back, we're good.'
Even though I know who I am, musically I'm a blank canvas. I know what colors I want to use, but I don't know what picture I want to paint yet.
