Growing up between McAllen Texas and Río Bravo Tamaulipas Ana Brenda Contreras moved to Mexico City at the age of 15 to participate in the reality show Pop Stars where she was a finalist and member of the band tdetila They recorded an album with the same name In 2003 she joined the Center for Arts Education Televisa to study acting In 2005 she appeared as Juanita in the telenovela Barrera de amor produced by Ernesto Alonso