That doesn’t mean that the multi-hyphenate is giving up the dream of a united America. The Corpus Christie native, whose family has apparently lived in the Lone Star State for nine generations, is continuing her outreach through her projects, including 2023’s Flamin’ Hot, which features a Latino protagonist, and CNN’s Searching for series. In 2023, she hosted Searching for Mexico, a follow-up to the Stanley Tucci-led Searching for Italy.
“The people who were screaming, ‘Build that wall!’ are the same people that are going to Taco Tuesday,” she says of bringing Latin stories to non-Hispanic audiences. “And I’m like, ‘No, no, no. You don’t get to margarita out and shit on the culture that gave you the taco and gave you the margarita. You have to go, ‘This came from there. There must be good things.’”
Eva Longoria will also continue her work in American politics, where she’s led efforts to turn out the Hispanic vote and to recruit Hispanic Democrats to run for office. Per Marie Claire, she still considers herself a “patriot completely.”
