Joanna: Surround yourself with good people and stay out of trouble. Just appreciate how awesome we are and how much power we do have and support each other.
Joanna: My career didn't go into super-stardom when I got it. I've been able to grow and get better.
Joanna: Whenever I'm belting out a song, my boyfriend asks me to stop. He's like, Please, no. He's in a band called Evan & Jaron and he's so musically talented. He and his twin brother harmonize beautifully together.
Joanna was discovered by Nickelodeon in high school and travelled from Florida to Montr?al, Canada to star in the series, Are You Afraid of the Dark? for two seasons.
Joanna is close friends with Smallville star, Allison Mack.
People love her dog Tijuana so much that when she is with her people practically ignore Joanna.
She has two dogs named Tijuana and Frankie.
She has an organization We Reach that will hopefully empower young women and make them believe they can do anything they put their minds to.
When she's not working, Joanna volunteers teaching English as a second language to pre-school-aged children in Los Angeles.
She had to play a pregnant teenager and wear a pretend belly on "Reba".
She is of Cuban descent.
Her mom's name is Loraine and she is a homemaker.
Joanna's Dad, Jay, is a gynecologist.
She went to Was Tampa Catholic High School in Florida.
Played the President's daughter in the original pilot for the TV show "DAG." However the show was revamped before airing and her character was eliminated.
After graduating from high school, Joanna spent a year attending Florida State University.
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