One of the reasons visionary Lin-Manuel Miranda is so beloved is because the man has a way with words. He knows how to illuminate even the simplest of thoughts, which is why it comes as no surprise that he is getting another book deal. But this isn’t your typical kind of book. No. Miranda is taking his iconic good morning and goodnight tweets and making them a book.
Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted that he’ll be releasing a new book in October based on his social media quotes and people are excited.
The singer, writer and iconic performer really gives fans a personal and uplifting experience if they follow him on Twitter. His book deal will consist of a collection of these tweets along with illustrations from artist Jonny Sun to further that positive affirmation for fans.
If Miranda, or his editors, are reading this post, please consider including these beautiful tweets that have certainly lifted our spirits.
Good morning. Put the phone down. Stare at the ceiling a little longer. Drift. Everything that needs doing can wait.
While this is already illustrated, we’d like to see an expanded version, porfa.
Good morning! You are the bees' knees! The lamb's gams! The calves' calves! Bethenny Frankel's ankles! Invent new idioms! Let's go! pic.twitter.com/ZmtsAG6AOc
Francia Raísa, born Francia Raísa Almendarez, is an actress born and raised in Los Angeles. Maybe you’ve heard of her, maybe you haven’t. She is in “Grown-ish,” she gave her BFF Selena Gomez a kidney and she will soon be in a starring role in “Life-Size 2” alongside Tyra Banks. Here’s everything you need to know to know Raísa. Watch out: to know her is to love her.
1. She’s Mexican and Honduran AF.
CREDIT: @franciaraisa / Instagram
Her father is actually the famous Honduran radio personality, “El Cucuy”, which is also known as the boogey man en espanish. He actually has a Hollywood star of his very own, which, according to Raísa is “so crazy!”
“It’s pretty incredible to have been a personal witness to all the hard work my dad has put into his career and looking out for his communidad. My dad has a star on the Hollywood walk of fame y’all! Our last name is on a star!!! So crazy!”
2. You probably recognize her from Bring it On: All or Nothing.
CREDIT: “Adrian Lee wallpaper probably with a basketball player called Francia Raisa in bring it on” Digital Image. Fanpop. 18 July 2018.
Raísa was actually a cheerleader in her own high school. She started taking acting and modeling jobs her junior year at Bishop Alemany High School. A month into her senior year, she booked her first lead role (pictured above), which wasn’t too far off the mark from her every day life.
With that gig, Raísa has been an actress for well over 10 years now, but has been taking dance classes since she was 5 years old. Just find any video of her dancing and you’ll see how that’s paid off.
3. Or maybe your mind was blown by her role in “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.”
CREDIT: “Francia Raisa in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)” Digital Image. IMDB. 18 July 2018.
She played Adrian Lee for the duration of its five season stint on Freeform (then, ABC Family). In the show, she played a girl who doesn’t have love at home and tries to find it with boys. Adrian ends up getting pregnant after a condom broke and she was intent on getting an abortion until she backed out after pressure from her father.
In a very emotional season finale, Adrian goes into labor and gives birth to a stillborn. Adrian’s character rose awareness for the depression most mothers experience after that kind of loss. Mostly Francía slayed the role.
4. Soon, you’ll know her as the star in “Life Size 2”.
CREDIT: @franciaraisa / Instagram
The film has officially started production and is expected to be a “fun, edgy, modern Christmas movie.” You can find it on Freeform in December. Needless to say, Raísa is ecstatic about it. We get to have both Tyra Banks and Raísa in the same room… for hours of episodes? I can’t wait to see this dynamic.
Caption: “Cheesin so hard because I get to work with the amazing @tyrabanks on the sequel of one of my favorite childhood movies #lifesize2 #shinebrightshinefar #smizing 😆😆 Look out for it this holiday season on @freeform”
5. She also gave a kidney to her BFF Selena Gomez.
CREDIT: @DonateLifeCA / Twitter
The two were roommates and when Raísa witnessed Gomez struggle to open a water bottle and throw it across the room in frustration, she then learned everything. Gomez needed a kidney due to complications from her lupus and it would probably be 7-10 years until she got one.
Immediately, Raísa offered hers. One day later, they found out she was a match and they went into major, life-threatening surgery. She told W magazine, “Recovery was hard. I didn’t want to eat, I didn’t want to drink anything. Selena did have a complication, too. A few hours after our surgery, I woke up and had a text from her that said, ‘I’m really scared.’ My kidney was very active, and when she turned, she broke an artery. They had to take her into emergency surgery and get a vein from her leg and build a new artery to keep my kidney in place.”
6. This BFF pair go way back and even call each other hermanas.
CREDIT: @franciaraisa / Instagram
Caption: “I went through heartbreak this year and you left the studio and drove out of your way to come see me and comfort me. I received good news last month and you facetimed me minutes before you went up on stage just to congratulate me. There are so many moments we have and things you do that I cherish and don’t take for granted. Whether its crying, laughing, or simply sitting on my kitchen floor throwing our hands up in the air confused at life, I’m thankful you’re always there. I am obsessed with every memory we’ve built in the last 8 years and the ones we have yet to create. I am so grateful that God put you in my life when he did. If you think about the time that we met and where we were in our lives when we first hung out, his timing was perfect. It’s been so inspiring watching you grow and to grow with you. I learn so much from you and I’m so so so proud of you. Happy Birthday Hermana. Love you so so so much @selenagomez”
7. Raísa even presented Gomez with Billboard’s “Woman of the Year” award last year.
CREDIT: Billboard / YouTube
In her introduction speech, she told the crowd that, “Our Latina sisterhood has connected us professionally and personally.” Literally just months before they underwent surgery and had been laying low for the painful recovery.
“We didn’t want to tell anybody because recovery was very hard for us, and we went through a depression at the time,” she said. “We kind of just wanted to be normal and not have that attention on us. I really left it up to her. I’ve never had anything personal come out about me before. I’ve dated very famous people, and no one knows because I’m very private. I was like, ‘Did you have to be famous?’”
8. Gomez thanked her best friend and admitted, “She saved my life.”
CREDIT: @Z100NewYork / Twitter
In Gomez’s acceptance speech, she got emotional and told the crowd that Francia deserves the award because “she saved my life.” The two started to tear up and then gathered themselves, even though we were all shipping this very valid emotional sisterhood.
“Selena and I both went through a depression,” Raísa told Self. “She had some complications with hers and she has bigger scars … I remember getting a text message from Selena saying, ‘I’m so scared I might die.'”
9. Fun fact: Raísa’s manager is Gomez’s stepdad.
CREDIT: @BoyMeetsGirlusa / Twitter
The two girls had met over a decade ago when Disney and Freeform mandated some of their actors to visit a children’s hospital. “Selena and I were in the same group and we just clicked,” Raísa said.
I can so see these little babies hitting it off as their tween selves. I only wish that someone had the foresight to film the moment they met. You know… for the inevitable documentary that the public deserves on the history of their life-saving friendship.
10. The two have had each other’s backs ever since.
CREDIT: @franciaraisa / Twitter
“I love her to death,” Raisa told Wetpaint in 2012. “She’s my sister and she is one of the sweetest girls I know. She is so caring and so loving and so nurturing. She’s awesome. I don’t know where she came from.”
Who would ever guess that just a few years later, she would commit a kidney to to her hermana alma. The two went through post-surgical depression together and have only grown stronger. Francía even said that the experience gave her a new lens on life. “Life came into perspective. I learned a lot.”
11. P.S. Raísa’s baby face is iconic.
CREDIT: @franciaraisa / Twitter
That is the quinceañera of every girl’s dreams. In this throwback post, Raísa poured out gratitude for her parents and family for being by her side throughout the years. She’s proud to be Latino and from Los Angeles. She has two younger sisters named Italia and Irlanda, which makes Francia… France.
It’s pretty obvious that they’re proud to be an international family and bring other countries into the mix with a Spanish twist, claro que si.
12. Raísa grew up with all the dogs.
CREDIT: Gkoii Choi / YouTube
We’re Latino. We have the tiniest, hairiest dogs that require all the most intensive grooming imaginable because we’re all beauty school drop outs who love to do hair. OK, that’s a mad stereotype, but it is 100% true of my family. Just as long as you step away from my hair with that spinning curling iron. Having a fluffy dog requires hours of grooming, and hours of sanity for the young girls in the house.
P.S.-Someone who cares about the #squish needs to bring back those flip flops, please.
13. To this day, she’s all about adopting and never shopping for animals.
CREDIT: @franciaraisa / Twitter
And we love her for it. This is Roman Gatsby. He gets to cuddle with Raísa on the regular. She is very, clearly obsessed with him and we can spot pictures of her and him snuggling under the covers every other week. Be sure to follow Raísa on Instagram to get the inside scoop on Gatsby’s very busy, celebrity dog life.
He’s pro-mutt, you guys. You have to love him. It’s a basic “I’m buena gente” requirement.
14. Raísa told her 1 million followers exactly how they can help children at the border.
CREDIT: @franciaraisa / Instagram
Caption: “Over 2,000 children have been separated from their parents in the last two months! It is wrong! It is inhumane! Children are children! They should not be sleeping in cages, using foil as blankets for warmth wondering where their guardian is. These children are at a higher risk of being trafficked and raped! Use your voice and call your reps! #keepfamiliestogether (swipe the photo)”
She hasn’t stopped since then. Her feed also reads like a political news source in times of crisis. She’ll guide you through the next horrific thing Cheeto does to the nation.
15. She’s also a major advocate to raise awareness about sex trafficking.
CREDIT: @franciaraisa / Instagram
More specifically, sex slavery. In a recent post, she told her fans that slavery isn’t over. Young girls trafficked are hidden in the shadows of society, and make up a billion dollar industry. 🤢 🤬
Caption: “I’m so grateful that I’ve come to a place in my life where my birthday doesn’t revolve around gifts. I have everything I need this birthday and so now the best gift I can get is a gift I can give. @uheroes is an incredible anti-human trafficking organization that I’ve been working with for many years. They rescue children from sex slavery and this year I want to give the gift of freedom and redemption to 5 more girls. Can you give this gift with me? There are 27 million people trapped in slavery all over the world, and if you donate $27 or more you will get this cool shirt that I helped design as a free gift to you. Click on the link in my bio to become an unlikely hero. Thank you for giving the gift of freedom for my birthday!”
16. Moreover, she also voted in the local elections this June.
CREDIT: @franciaraisa / Twitter
And she tweeted to her fans about it. Our complacency is what allowed Trump to take the office of the POTUS, and we have to exercise our right/obligation to vote to protect our democracy.
Plus, you know she’s hella supporting March for Our Lives and our sister Emma Gonzalez in her fight to get as many registered voters as possible in time for midterm elections. We’re just #60DaysAway from the most important election in our generation’s history. It’s time to take back the House, all!
17. Fun fact: She was in Lil’ Romeo’s music video “My Girlfriend” in 2004.
CREDIT: Romeo! Show / YouTube
Her name was Tamy, and she rocked that horizontal striped turtleneck in front of those neon lights. While this happened in the early 2000s, her and Lil Romeo have stayed close throughout the years. In 2015, Raísa posted this sweet note on Lil Romeo’s birthday:
“You have such an incredible heart and spirit and I’m so grateful to call you one of my best friends. Whenever I need you you’re always there and I can’t begin to express how much your loyalty means to not only me but to so many. You’re an incredible human Rome. You’re siblings are so lucky to have you as their big bro. I love you and I’m so excited for this next chapter in your life. Enjoy this little throwback. Happy Birthday @romeomiller.”
18. Raísa’s career has seriously taken off this year.
CREDIT: @JJ_Alani / Twitter
She just starred in a film, “Beyond Paradise,” where she plays an Indian girl in an arranged marriage. She eventually falls for her piano teacher’s lover and risks everything. How does she stay grounded?
Raísa journals for an hour a day. From her [Instagram] mouth: “My form of prayer, personal creativity, and overall expression of emotions is through journaling. It’s amazing how much you learn about yourself and grow just from writing. There are goals and dreams I set for myself and I tend to add new ones everyday. Sometimes life gets a little chaotic and one forgets, but because I write them down they are in my subconscious and I’m working towards them even if I don’t realize it. I’ve been able to let go of pain, forgive, and learn to love again just from writing in my journal. Even when I don’t have anything to say I just write. So I find a way to take an hour out of my day, every day, just to journal.”
19. She has been slaying in “Grown-ish,”released earlier this year.
CREDIT: Untitled. Digital Image. EW. 18 July 2018.
The spin-off from “Black-ish” follows eldest daughter Zoey as she starts her freshman year of college and finds Zoey (Francia Raísa) as her roommate. Zoey is the daughter of Cuban immigrants, a devout Catholic and a Republican with a secret crush on Barack Obama.
We’re happy to see Raísa playing a role that defies stereotypes and shows Republicans that they can have a heart for immigrants and Latinos while keeping all their money away from government, etc. #TeamZoey
20. Despite her giant workload, she continues to keep her humor alive.
CREDIT: @franciaraisa / Twitter
I feel so validated. Yes, my parents stay out later than me, but if Raísa is staying in, so am I. Good thing that we can watch so much of her work on Netflix! You can stream The Secret Life of an American Teenager in your piyamas, family size Cheeto bag on deck and revel in the drama of fictional pregnant teenagers and trust that Francía is probably doing something of the same.
Work hard, rest harder, right? Oh, and scroll through her tweets for the occasional jaja when Adrian’s life is getting too intense for comfort.
21. There’s no doubt that this is Raísa’s year, and we’re totally here for it.
CREDIT: @franciaraisa / Instagram
Caption: “I’ve gone through so many changes this last year. And in those changes I’ve gotten the opportunity to meet so many incredible, humble women who are very successful but still take the opportunity to encourage and mentor other women around them. I’ve sat with them and they don’t tell me about what they have going on. They look me in the eye and encourage me and cheer me on. It was a beautiful lesson for me and I realized that our inner light is amplified when we humble ourselves and help others. I’ve never regretted cheering someone else on, ever. I’ve never regretted choosing inclusion over exclusion, ever. I’ve never regretted chasing vulnerability over validation, ever.We need light the most, not when we can see, but when we can’t. Who needs your light today? Who needs to know that they’re doing great and their hard work is paying off? Tag a friend, a humble over achiever, who deserves recognition for all of the things that they do. ✨”
I’d highlight the parts that matter, but they all do. Thank you Francia Raísa for all that you do and we’re cheering for you! Share to cheer louder.
