Paola Menacho

Paola Menacho is an Afro-Latina Actor and Director originally from Santa Cruz, Bolivia and based in Los Angeles. Paola grew up near the Amazon jungle with a passionate love of nature. At age 3 she booked the lead in her preschool play and soon after that, the lead in a small hometown independent film. Her mother owned a dance school and Paola grew up dancing salsa, merengue, cumbia, bachata and samba. She majored in Theater and Communications at the University of Santa Cruz and joined Larca Theatre Group. She launched her television career as reporter for Expo Cruz, a well-known Bolivian TV Entertainment magazine. It was as a reporter that Menacho covered Bolivia's most elite annual bash, Carnivale, where heads of Bolivia's entertainment industry noticed Menacho's charismatic passion and fierce energy. As a result, Menacho was offered her own TV show, Carnivale with Paola, on MTV Latin America. Three years later, Paola moved north to America. During her first three years in the State