Vanessa Hudgens Talks Filipino Identiy, Latine HSM Role While Gabriella is called “mija” and spoken to by her mother in Spanish in High School Musical, Vanessa’s actual mom is from the Philippines. In a 2013 interview on Chelsea Lately, when asked outright if she was “Latina,” Vanessa replied, “I mean kind of, a little bit.” …
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