--- description: Alonzo is a comedian and the star of the show Cristela. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Cristela Alonzo ## Cristela Alonzo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Alonzo is a comedian and the star of the show_ Cristela_._ ## Cristela Alonzo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jun 30, 2016 ### [My Mom Was a Mexican Immigrant Who Taught Me to Love America](https://time.com/4390295/mexican-immigrant-mother-loved-america/) Actress and comedian Cristela Alonzo shares a story of heritage and family [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/cristela-alonzo/","name":"Cristela Alonzo"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/cristela-alonzo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/cristela-alonzo/"},"name":"Cristela Alonzo","jobTitle":null,"description":"Alonzo is a comedian and the star of the show Cristela.","url":"https://time.com/author/cristela-alonzo/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```