Outside Reading

 I read an article from the October issue of Seventeen magazine about America Ferrera. This article was written by Jane Nussbaum on pages 126-131. For those of you who don't know, America Ferrera is the star on the show Ugly Betty (playing Betty) and a star in the movie's of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. She is also a girl who is as real as it gets. She likes to turn down party invites and hang out with her sister, friends and boyfriend Ryan Piers Williams. America's parents came to the United States from Honduras before she was born. But once her father left, her mother raised the six children alone. They lived in California's San Fernando Valley and had to fight hard to pursue their dreams of acting while promising to keep their grades up. America also had to work extra hard to convince the movie industry that she was star material. Before America entered the set of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants she decided that she'd act professional and not be the girls best friend. But that changed when she met the girls and started hanging out with them. She discovered new friendships with her fellow actors and encountered new personalities. America has also learned a lot through her past experiences and because of her experiences she has a lot of advice to offer.