Blanca Blanco was born in Watsonville, California. At 3-years old, her family moved to Southwest Mexico. Her father’s abusive ways motivated her mother to move the family to the United States, emigrating to Washington State when Blanca was 9 years old.

She attended Chelan High School where she became determined not to remain in poverty. Upon leaving school she became the school’s role model for younger graduating students and made a motivational video to help them. With the help of her guardian angel, a teacher who cared, she achieved full ride scholarships enabling her to continue on to college then to university.

Deciding to follow her dreams, she moved to Los Angeles where she became an actress and studied under Gordon Hunt (Helen Hunt’s father). She immediately landed many roles in film and television. Blanca is also an international actress working regularly in several children’s movies filmed in Monaco and Italy. She achieved a “Best Supporting Actress” award for her role as Melanie in the movie Betrayed.

 Finally, Blanca can add “author” to her long list of accomplishments, as she has just completed her biography, Breaking the Mold, with (Briton Publishing, coming Jan. 2022).