Background
Herrera was born in Los Angeles, California and has two older brothers and a sister, named Ryan, Justin and Ashley.
Herrera was born in Los Angeles, California and has two older brothers and a sister, named Ryan, Justin and Ashley.
She attended Hillcrest Christian School in Granada Hills, Los Los Angeles
She is best known for her role as Dana Cruz on the first season of the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 and as Lourdes Delegate Torro on General Hospital. She is of Mexican American and Puerto Rican descent and speaks fluent Spanish. Herrera has been acting in commercials since she was six.
Her first television role was in a phone service commercial.
Other roles include Eleena on New York City Police Department Blue, Aimee Varga on The Division, Sophie on The Bernie Mac Show, Katie on 7th Heaven and Frederika in Emergency. In 2005, she played Dana Cruz in Zoey 101, Zoey (Jamie Lynn Spears) and Nicole"s (Alexa Nikolas) roommate. After the first season, she departed from the show because the producers thought she looked too old and was replaced by Victoria Justice.
Her character was originally planned to end up as Logan"s girlfriend, but was replaced by Quinn Pensky. She also co-starred in feature film Freedom Writers opposite Hilary Swank.
Herrera has taken a hiatus from acting, stating that she would like to pursue it again in the future.
Her last acting role was on the soap opera General Hospital in 2008.