Jessica Marie Garcia Talks On My Block with Teen Vogue

Actress Jessica Marie Garcia sits down with Teen Vogue to debate the ultimate season of “On My Block.” Garcia performs Jasmine Flores, a teen with a giant persona and greater coronary heart to match, in “On My Block.”

Initially, a facet character on the present, Jasmine shortly turned one of many favorites. Befriending the principle crew, we witness Jasmine’s character take care of tragedy, heartbreak, and wild adventures.

Garcia admits she wasn’t initially going to audition for Jasmine Flores. As an alternative, it was a pal who inspired her to go for it. She liked how outgoing Jasmine’s character was and shortly associated to her being the “class clown.”

“[I] noticed the ache instantly as a result of I used to be the category clown, too. […] In the event you construct up these partitions round you, then folks can’t harm you. And that’s very a lot what she did,” Garcia said.

It was within the second season the place viewers acquired to see Garcia’s function elevate. Jasmine was the caretaker for her father, a disabled veteran who served in Afghanistan. Consequently, followers now not see the intense, bubbly Jasmine. As an alternative, we expertise the uncooked, heartfelt feelings that Jasmine feels from taking good care of her dad.

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Jasmine works exhausting and is accepted to her dream college, the College of California, Berkeley. However, sadly, her goals are short-lived when she learns that she can not go away Freeridge as a result of her aunt can now not maintain her father.

A bittersweet ending for a candy character. Though Jasmine didn’t obtain a contented ending, Garcia appreciated the expansion given to her function.

“And I’m so grateful that they allowed me to point out that they usually didn’t make her this caricature for 4 seasons, as a result of I don’t suppose folks would have associated to her or cared about her as a lot as they do.”

We’re Not a Monolith

Garcia moved from Orlando, FL, in pursuit of changing into an actress only a few years earlier than her function in “On My Block.” “We’re not a monolith,” she explains. And the dearth of Latinx characters on the display, and due to this, she champions sequence and movies showcasing underrepresented voices.

“There’s simply so little of us [on screen] that it’s exhausting to attempt to symbolize everybody. So hopefully our present skyrockets different reveals to inform these tales that haven’t been represented for therefore lengthy.” 

Garcia’s sentiment is that no matter who wins what awards present, we [underrepresented voices] are all on this collectively. She is pleased with the future opportunities and spaces which can be created.

What’s Subsequent for Jessica Marie Garcia?

This isn’t the final of Jessica Marie Garcia. She has pursuits in writing, producing, and directing and recounts rewriting herself into her favourite motion pictures as a young person. She additionally intends on utilizing her platform to create alternatives for others.

Garcia makes it clear she is similar woman from Orlando. She is grateful for the success of “On My Block” and the chance to play Jasmine. Jasmine as a result of her character taught her how you can be her unapologetically. She is pleased with all of the younger lives her character will have an effect on.

I used to be an enormous fan of “On My Block,” and Jasmine was one among my favourite characters out of the crew.

Did you catch the ultimate season of “On My Block?” If that’s the case, what was your favourite episode? Remark under!