Mendes w?? b?rn in Miami, Florida, t? Cub?n parents Juan C?rl?? Mendez ?nd Ev? Perez Suarez, and r????d b? h?r mother in th? Los Angeles ?uburb of Glendale ?ft?r her parents' d?v?r??. M?nd?? w?? raised a R?m?n C?th?l?? ?nd ?t ?n? t?m? ?v?n ??n??d?r?d b???m?ng a C?th?l?? nun. H?r mother worked ?t M?nn'? Ch?n??? Theatre ?nd l?t?r for ?n ??r?????? ??m??n?, h?r f?th?r r?n a meat distribution business. She ?tt?nd?d Hoover High S?h??l ?n Glendale ?nd l?t?r attended C?l?f?rn?? St?t? Un?v?r??t?, N?rthr?dg?, t? ?tud? m?rk?t?ng but l?ft ??ll?g? t? study ??t?ng under Iv?n? Chubbuck. ... Read more