Tatti Ribeiro’s independent dramedy “Valentina,” starring Keyla Monterroso Mejia and executive produced by Jessica Alba, gives audiences a look into day-to-day life along the El Paso-Juarez border and uplifts authentic Latina representation in an industry that often overlooks it. Recently, Ribeiro, Monterroso Mejia, and Alba spoke with Variety about the challenges that women and people of color face in the industry as actors, filmmakers, and creatives. “There’s tenderness, complexity, nuance that we deserve in our stories, characters, that we don’t get… Oftentimes, there is a narrow one to two dimensions that they allow us to live inside of, and it’s just too much for us to be more than that,” Alba told Variety. “We get so few shots, we have to live up to such a level of perfection that is beyond reason…” #Valentina #TattiRibeiro #KeylaMonterrosoMejia #Jessica Alba #HLOG