Romina Espinosa better known by her stage name "Romina", is an American actress, writer, producer, entrepreneur and singer. She is best known as the author of The Freedom of my Eyes, co-founder of Taptic Toys, Inc, and as an actress on Jonas L.A..

Early life

Romina was born in Coral Gables, Florida and is of Cuban-Jewish descent. She is mixed ethnically with backgrounds from Dutch, Euzkadi, France, Morocco and Spain. She is a descendant of the Dutch Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza. Romina attended Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart

Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart

Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic college preparatory day school for girls founded in 1961 in the neighborhood of Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida...

, a private all-girls school, from grades K-12. She graduated high school at age 18 and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. She enrolled in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program

UCLA Extension Writers' Program

UCLA Extension Writers' Program is a unit within UCLA Extension [1], the not-for-profit and self-supporting community outreach arm of the University of California, Los Angeles. Located in the Westwood Village area of the city, the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program offers more than 475 annual...

 and got her certificate for Feature Film Screenwriting.

She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Acting

Romina made her acting debut by starring in the Spill Canvas music video for the song Staplegunned (Remix). She later landed a role as Connie in the short film Precious Moments as a teenager struggling with adulthood whilst attempting to reestablish a connection with her distanced father. Romina has been on such TV shows as Jonas L.A. with the Jonas Brothers

Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...

, Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...

, Make It or Break It and Saving Grace

Saving Grace (TV series)

Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,...

. She spent time in Madrid, Spain studying in the Christina Rota Acting School.

Singing

While in high school Romina would sing "The Star-Spangled Banner

The Star-Spangled Banner

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships...

" at town hall meetings in front of city commissioners. She studied classical vocal training in Spoleto, Italy. On April 17, 2011 Romina sang The Star-Spangled Banner for the first U of MMA fight held in Los Angeles for amateur fighters at the Avalon in Hollywood.

Entrepreneurship

In 2009, Romina co-founded the company Taptic Toys, Inc, which created Xachi Pet, a robotic pet controlled by mobile devices. Xachi Pet was listed as one of the top 12 gadgets from the American International Toy Fair

American International Toy Fair

The American International Toy Fair is one of a few major toy industry trade shows held around the world. It is held annually in mid February in New York City's Toy Center, located at 23rd Street at the crossover of Fifth Avenue and Broadway and at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, and is...

 by Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics

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.

Motivational Speaking

Following the publication of her book in 2004 which was dedicated to those coping with ADD/ADHD, Romina began touring as a motivational speaker. She gave lectures at schools, universities and bookstores talking about the struggles of being a teen with ADD. Being diagnosed with ADD at a young age, Romina became a spokesperson for teens living with ADD/HD with a message to motivate them to overcome all obstacles to achieve their dreams.

Filmography

Film roles

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Wild Child Wild Child (film) Wild Child is a 2008 American/British/French teen romantic dramedy film starring Emma Roberts, Alex Pettyfer and Natasha Richardson. The film made its American television premiere on ABC Family on August 8, 2010.-Plot:...	2008	Samantha
Precious Moments	2009	Connie
Why Am I Doing This?	2009	Rejection Girl
You You (film) YOU is a 2008 American drama film directed by and starring Melora Hardin. The film also stars Gildart Jackson , Brenda Strong, Joely Fisher, Allison Mack, Amy Pietz, Jerry Hardin, and Don Michael Paul.-Plot:...	2009	Quincy's Graduating Classmate
Joshua Tree	2011	Mia
Unknowns	2011	Christina
Pretty Rosebud	2011	Pointy Receptionist
Stealing Roses	2011	Vera

Television roles

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Jonas L.A.	2009	Crazy Fan Girl
Saving Grace Saving Grace (TV series) Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,...	2009	Liz
90210 90210 (TV series) 90210 is an American teen drama television series developed by Rob Thomas, Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, and the fourth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise created by Darren Star. 90210 is the first series produced by CBS Productions under the company's re-launch, but is now produced by CBS...	2009	Jenny
Make It or Break It	2010	Rock Gymnast

External links

• Romina's Official Website
• Romina at the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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• Romina's Twitter