Best Actress-nominee Yalitza Aparicio was planning to become a teacher when she auditioned for 'Roma'
February 20, 2019 at 14:17 PM EST
When 25-year-old "Roma" star Yalitza Aparicio walks the red carpet before the Academy Awards on Sunday, she will already have made history. She's the second Mexican actress and the first indigenous actress nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. But when Aparicio auditioned for the film in 2016, she was planning to become a teacher.