Aubrey Plaza

Aubrey Plaza’s Puerto Rican Roots

The outstanding star Aubrey Plaza is an American comedian and actress. Initially, she started her career by playing supportive roles and finally in 2012 she did the lead role in ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’, a comedy movie. She became popular for her appearance in the NBC television sitcom ‘Parks & Recreation’. While talking about being biracial, she said her father is from Puerto Rican and her mother is from Irish English ancestry. She struggled with her traits in her high school which was of all whites. She stated the details, “I was winning the diversity awards and people were always calling bull**it on me. I won the Hispanic teenager of the year and I felt terrible. I always felt like I didn’t deserve to win because I was really half Latina.”