Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

It shouldn't matter what you're into, how you look - you can achieve whatever you aspire to.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

In life, you have ups and downs, but you should never give up. You should always try to get ahead.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

My skin - very Mexican, very Oaxaquenan, and very human, from the color of my land and the diversity of its colors.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

My name means 'sunrise of life.'

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

Employers tend to forget that the people who are working for them are also suffering. They also have problems. They also are facing issues.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

I realized that film can educate people of all ages in a far-reaching way.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

For me, it has been very important to grow up knowing about my mom's work and that she was always, at every moment, supporting me and teaching me to have this strength.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

Sometimes, when I'm surrounded by a lot of people, I shake, I'm so nervous.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

Just because you are a woman doesn't mean you have to suffer more. We have to get that idea out of our heads.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

I don't want my mum to be a domestic worker any more because it is so exhausting.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

After every screen test, my family would ask how it went, but I would just say that I didn't know.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

I've never liked feeling closed in.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

I'm not the face of Mexico.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

I wanted to be like my mum: as strong as her. She was my role model.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

I don't think I am an actor, because I haven't studied to be an actress.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

I believe acting and teaching are not so far apart. As a teacher, you educate. And films educate, too, but they do it in a massive way.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

My sister sings, and in Mexico, we have these things called 'Casa de la Cultura,' which are specific places where they actually foster culture. They support people who want to do something in culture.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

I really love teaching; I was actually studying to be a preschool teacher.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

People who know me cannot believe that I am here, because I am so shy.

Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio

Yes, you can do it. You can dream about being on the cover of magazines; you can dream about being in a film.