Alana De La Garza has earned a reputation in television. De La Garza, a Mexican American father as well as an Irish American mother, were both born in Columbus Ohio on June 26 in 1976. In the next few years, she moved to Texas where she pursued an athletic therapy profession in the University of Texas. De La Garza didn't last long in Texas before moving to Orlando Florida where she experienced various acting roles that included local independent films as well as global commercials. Despite the fact that she only had minor parts, De La Garza rapidly realized the passion she had for performing. Then she moved to New York in 2001 and landed her very first acting job as Rosa Santos on All My Children, a daytime soap. In the beginning of 2000 she appeared in small roles in JAG Las Vegas and Two and a Half Men. In 2004, she got her first major series role in the drama The Mountain. De La Garza had the delight of working with outstanding TV actors, including Barbara Hershey Oliver Hudso