Cristela Alonzo is one of only afew Latinoswitha Netflix comedy special. When her first premiered in 2017, she didn鈥檛 hold back on or her identity as a Mexican-American in South Texas. called her 鈥渇earlessly funny.鈥�

But after the 2016 election, Alonzo says  She started getting involved in politics. Now, she鈥檚 back for her second special, 鈥淢iddle Classy.鈥� And she鈥檚 bringing her activism with her, opening up the special with cameos from civil rights leader Dolores Huerta and Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro.

鈥淚 just feel like I鈥檓 a kind of different comic than a lot of others,鈥� said Alonzo.

鈥淚 have this whole world that鈥檚 not stand-up related that I thought, 鈥榊ou know what? I want to merge both worlds and I want to show that people like Joaquin Castro and Dolores Huerta can be funny.'鈥�

That鈥檚 not the only way Alonzo鈥檚 world has changed. She shared with us what it鈥檚 like being able to finally afford to take care of herself and the importance of therapy despite the stigma among her Latino family.

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