Francia Raisa Almendárez (born July 26, 1988) is an American actress. She is sometimes credited as Francia Almendárez. Raisa is most notable for her roles in Bring It On: All or Nothing, where she plays a tough Latina cheerleader named Leti and in The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Adrian Lee.

Francia Raisa is currently the host of "WTFrancia"on Main Stage on Dash Radio.






Early life

Raisa was born and raised in Los Angeles, California to Renan Almendarez Coello and Virginia Almendarez. She is of Honduran and Mexican descent and has two younger sisters, Italia and Irlanda. A few years after Raisa was born her father started using his new Latin radio personality, "El Cucuy." She attended Bishop Alemany High School where she was a cheerleader.

At the early age of five, Raisa began taking dance lessons excelling in tap, jazz, acrobatics, Hip hop, and Polynesian dance. She also explored karate and ice skating.

Raisa is close friend with actress and singer Selena Gomez.


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