Gina Rodriguez knows the struggle of being a woman of color in Hollywood. In an interview with Self.com, she’s opened up about her journey and quest for equal pay and treatment.

“I didn’t know my worth [at the start of my career] because the industry had such a specific perspective on what it should be as a brown woman,” she told the website, “I had to start saying, ‘Well, I know if I work hard, I can show my worth,’ and I have been doing nothing but that.”

“Obviously I come from a very specific lens and a very specific perspective,” she added. “I, of course, would love to see Latino communities uplifted and celebrated in a positive light because our administration loves to show us in such a negative light. That’s going to be a part of my fight.”

On the pay gap: “Especially women, and especially women of color, really have to fight for equal pay,” she said. “My white sisters definitely have a higher starting point, my black sisters as well. Latinos really do live in the lower end of pay.”