Some dreams come at a heavy price in All She Can

Interview & Photos by: Alfonso De Elias. All She Can in an American story that has a patriotic  Mexican-american community in Texas that has been there since before all the military recruiters roam high school halls. Benavides Texas  is the frame of this story. Corina Calderon spoke with GalaTView about her character (Luz Garcia) who played the main role”

“Luz  sees her way out because comes from a family that  has a lack of money and being accepted in a  University that demands a lot of money which is one of her challenges. So she has few options in her way. In my opinion,  the principal encourages her to keep going in her goals and  is protective; unfortunately,  her background makes her to take some bad decisions. In Luz case’ s she is in the school sports because she wants to be in a team and being more qualified in sports due she can get support from her school and finally go to the University. Luz has to deal with the weights with no more options. In that sense to get a medal is not the best prize for her. She has to handle the weights pushing them through her life. I practiced for about four  hours per day and when I was squading,  I had to back off for protecting my knees and my back and  lots of people were taking care of me. Personally, I like to walk and practice jogging and yoga.”

What do you think about some cast who speak few words in Spanish? “It was a good opportunity for us show some latinos and we wanted to show our shine with a authentic true story and reflects all the conflicts that most of us have to face. It was very important  have them there and have  made this story very enspire and  real.”