Where has Fernanda Romero been all our lives? The correct answer to that question would be: working.
The Los Angeles-based Mexican singer, designer, actress and producer has managed to keep a very exciting work flow ever since she debuted as a member of the teenage pop band, Fryzzby.
“First I was singing, then I went to school for Fashion Design and Merchandising, and then from that, I went to designing,” the 33-year-old artist told Latin Times. “From designing I went to dressing celebrities on the red carpet and I never, I mean I liked acting, but I never really saw it as a career, as something I could make a living out of.”
Fortunately for Fernanda, and the rest of the world, an agent saw her potential and encouraged her to start auditioning. “I was like ‘Eh, I don’t know about that. I don’t even know how to audition.’ But then I did it and well, the rest is history,” she said.
Throughout her career, Fer, as her friends and family call her, has shared screen time with Hollywood favorites Jessica Alba in the 2008 film, “The Eye;” and Charlize Theron in “The Burning Plain.” Last year, she received the Silver Lion Award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival for her work in the short film, “40 Love.”
“I consider myself an artist of all arts,” she attested. “I love art in all its shapes and forms. I breathe art. I love photography, I love film, I love being behind the cameras, I love how movies get made, that’s my life, you know? Sometimes I want to express how I feel through music, and then sometimes with different characters I get to go to places that I’ve never been and that’s like, actually, very nice and experimental.”
Trying to stay truthful to that statement, Fernanda keeps the door open to all artistic possibilities that come her way.
“Never settle. Never listen to people or society telling you, ‘Oh, don’t do it’ or ‘That just seems impossible,’” Romero said about her decision to jump from one project to another if given the opportunity. “I’m the kind of girl who enables, I’d be like ‘Hell yeah! Do it! Go for it!’ Because that’s what life is all about. People sometimes ask me ‘Fernanda, how do you handle all that stuff?’ Well, because they are my dreams and it’s a part of me.”
The lead singer and producer of the indie band The White Cherries also believes in using her craft to bring the Latino community together and give back to society. She has been an active member of the Red Eye organization, and recently participated in a campaign called “Turn Ignorance Around,” a smart response to Donald Trump’s offensive remarks about Mexicans.
“What I liked about it is that you send the right message,” she mentioned. “People sometimes take everything as an aggression but this is just about that, turning ignorance around. Like saying, ‘Don’t generalize,’ you know? Rapists and criminals can also be Americans, Asians, anyone. Unfortunately, we [Mexicans] have that reputation, but let’s turn that around! We have great people in this country, and we want to make it better, and we want to become one community and work together.”
Currently, Fernanda is getting ready to go back to her homeland of Mexico, where she will shoot the music video for her new single “Sin Aliento,” produced by Stefano Vieni, who has previously worked with Danna Paola, Kalimba, Armando Manzanero, Reik and other great Latino artists. She is also promoting her upcoming films “Honeyglue” and “Corbin Nash,” starring Corey Feldman and Malcolm McDowell.
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