How Netflix Star Sofia Carson Brings Her Identity to Work

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. Follow Go to your personalized feed WHY FOLLOW? Smart Alerts: Get notified about major news as it happens. In the 2025 Netflix romance, Sofia Carson plays Anna De La Vega, an American student studying abroad at one of England's most prestigious universities who, like Carson herself, is of Latin American descent. Anna's Colombian, Argentine, and Cuban heritage is woven naturally into her character's everyday life instead of being treated as a barrier she has to overcome.