After Leaving 'Superstore', America Ferrera Opens Up on Feeling Alone In The Industry

The fans of Superstore were rather happy and elated about hearing that the sitcom has been renewed for an amazing sixth season after having a great run so far.

But that became bittersweet as leading lady America Ferrera announced that she is quitting the show.

While that is that, Ferrera recently went on to also talk about how she felt alone as a Latina in the industry for a long time.

“For a very long time, I felt very alone and isolated as a Latina in this industry,” Ferrera said Friday at the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s 2020 Impact Awards Gala in Beverly Hills. She won the outstanding series producer impact award for her producing work on “Gentefied” and “Superstore.”

“I know many of us in this room have felt that way,” Ferrera said. “But we can write the new mandate for Latinos in this industry. A mandate that says we will lift each other up, and we will lift each other through new doors, that we will celebrate each other’s successes, that we will shower each other with praise, and that we will love each other to the top, where we belong.”

“We are living in an era brought upon by many, many generations of Latino and Latina actors, producers, writers, directors, who stayed the course, and they paved the path,” Ferrera said. “I’m thinking especially about one of my own personal heroes, Lupe Ontiveros, the late and wonderful actress, who I always call our Meryl Streep. I was lucky enough to work with her so early on in my career in ‘Real Women Have Curves.’ I was 17 years old. I realized that she got so few opportunities to share the depth of her talent with the world. When I think about Lupe, I think about what a loss it is, for all of us, when talent goes untapped. So, as a producer, [I’m] bringing opportunity to the Latino community, and helping to build a pipeline for our stories to be seen and to be celebrated and for our talent.”

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