Actress and author Andrea Navedo shares her wisdom from growing up in the Bronx in her first book


Andrea Navedo, best known for her role as Xiomara, “Xo,” Villanueva on the CW’s American Telenovela, Jane the Virgin, releases her first-ever book, Our Otherness is Our Strength: Wisdom From the Boogie Down Bronx, on July 18. Credit to Manfred Baumann.
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In 2018, 30 years after graduating from Dewitt Clinton High School, Andrea Navedo, widely known for her role as Xiomara, “Xo,” Villanueva in the CW’s American Telenovela, Jane the Virgin, was invited to give the commencement speech at her alma mater.
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