Alyssa Diaz was born on September 7 1985 in the city of Northridge California in the United States Colombian and Mexican American descent Alyssa studied at Bishop Alemany High School She began acting at the beginning of the new millennium participating in some episodes of various series such as CSI Miami and The Brothers Garcia American Family In 2005 she won the role of Celia Ortega on the popular soap opera As the World Turns in which she played for over 56 episodes She later had some recurring roles such as the Mercedes Moretta on the television series Southland and was a guest artist at shows which include The Unit Greek CSI New York Three Rivers Lie to me or law order Los Angeles Law Order Los Angeles Alyssa is currently working on The Nine Lives of Chloe King series which is broadcast by the ABC Family sign and which plays the role of Jasmine cousin of the protagonist Chloe King Skyler Samuels who discovers that she belongs to an ancient race call the Mai and has powers similar to the of a feline including their nine lives Alyssa that also filmed some short films and telefilms participated in her first feature film in 2005 integrating the cast of the comedy How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer starring America Ferrera More recently filmed the horror Shark Night 3D movie 2011 which costarred along with Sara Paxton and Dustin Milligan Her latest work for this medium was in the action movie Red Dawn whose filming was completed recently and which has the lead of Chris Hemsworth Isabel Lucas and Josh Hutcherson