Background
Raisa was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. A few years after Raisa was born, her father started using his new Latin radio personality, "El Cucuy".
Raisa was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. A few years after Raisa was born, her father started using his new Latin radio personality, "El Cucuy".
She attended Bishop Alemany High School where she was a cheerleader.
Raisa is most notable for her roles in Bring lieutenant On: All or Nothing and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She is currently the host of "WTFrancia" on Main Stage on Dash Radio. Her parents are Renan Almendarez Coello and Virginia Almendarez.
She is of Honduran and Mexican descent and has two younger sisters, Italia and Irlanda.
Raisa began to take acting jobs in her junior year of high school, modeling for print ads and appearing in commercials. She guest-starred in the sitcoms American Family: Journey of Dreams and Over There.
Just a month into her senior year, she booked one of her first lead roles, starring opposite Hayden Panettiere in Bring lieutenant On: All or Nothing. She co-starred in the Nickelodeon movie Shredderman Rules, where she portrayed Isabel, and in The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream and The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice as Alejandra Delgado.
She played the role of Adrian Lee in the hit American Broadcasting Company Family drama, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, from its beginning in July 2008, until the series finale in early June 2013.
Raisa appeared in Lil" Romeo"s music video "My Girlfriend" as Tamy in 2004 and in Iyaz"s music video "So Big". In 2009, Raisa guest-starred on the United States of America network"s television series In Plain Sight and co-starred in a short film directed by David Henrie called Boo, which aired on YouTube. Raisa appeared in a music video for popular duo Savvy & Mandy and guest starred in the second season of Degrassi: The Next Generation.
In 2013, Raisa starred in the Christmas-themed movie Christmas Bounty alongside Mike "The Miz" Mizanin.
Raisa officially launched a Kickstarter project on October 8, 2015. Her product, Ellobella, is a wrinkle resistant dress folded into a custom made pouch small enough to fit in your purse.
The estimated delivery date for her Kickstarter supporters is December 2015.