Francia Raisa at Justin Bieber Never Say Never Los Angeles Premiere

 

Francia Raisa (born Francia Raisa Almendárez; July 26, 1988) is an American actress. She is sometimes credited as Francia Almendárez. Raisa is most notable for her role in Bring It On: All or Nothing, where she plays a tough Latina cheerleader named Leti, and on The Secret Life of the American Teenager as the majorette Adrian Lee. Raisa was born and raised in Southern California. Her mother, Virginia Almendárez, was born in Mexico, and her father, Maximo Renán Almendárez Coello, was born in Honduras; he worked to give Raisa and her two sisters, Italia and Irlanda, a wholesome life in the high-paced Los Angeles. In fact, a few years after Raisa was born, her father came up with the winning Latin radio personality "El Cucuy," and since then he has been the number one disc jockey in Los Angeles on 97.9 FM, La Raza. She attended Bishop Alemany High School, in Mission Hills, California.