All Grown Up& Keepingit Real: Grown-ish’s Francia Raísa on Making it in Hollywood
Francia Raísa always knew she would pursue acting. “I used to watch telenovelas with my grandmother. I would turn to her and say, ‘I’m going to do that when I grow up,’ I just didn’t know how,” says Francia. It didn’t take long for Francia to land her first role on a big network like Freeform (formerly known as ABC Family). At 16 years old, she pursued dancing, and was quite good at it. So good, that it led to her first big TV role. “In my backup-dancing journey, I met a mana
