Comedian Cristela Alonzo is not only one of my comedic heroes, but one of my personal heroes as well, a hilarious human that I can truly identify with: we’re both Latinos from Texas that grew up in dirt-poor families, but while I currently make a living writing for the Lost Ogle, she has gone on to create television shows, star in hit movies, write Music to My Years: A Mixtape Memoir of Growing Up and Standing Up and, currently, is bringing her My Affordable Care Act tour to the Tower, 425 NW 23rd, tonight at 8 p.m.
I spoke with her yesterday about being poor, being Latino and, most importantly, being funny.