You come from a Panamanian heritage - how has that affected your approach to life?

My parents are from Panama and my grandparents were born in other places in the Caribbean and in the Bahamas and Jamaica.

Panama�s a really wonderful country, there�s obviously the Panama canal which brings a lot of tourism and a huge American influence, it�s just a mix of so many great things, African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there.

It�s an isthmus, it connects North America with South America and that�s exactly what it's [influences are]. There�s so much North American as well as South American influence, so my parents speak fluent Spanish.

Growing up in the household was really fantastic because I was exposed to so many things at a young age and I feel sort of international, like I understand a lot of cultures. Including space aliens and vampire hunters.