Biography for
Liana Mendoza

Date of Birth
19 November 1984, Spain

Birth Name
Ericka Mansky

Nickname
The Bulldozer
Roxxy

Height
5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography
Liana Mendoza AKA "Roxxy" started off as a tap dancer and singer at the tender age of 3 years old. Her mother was persistent with the young entertainers tap dance teacher to allow her to be a part of the class at the time (the age requirement was five years old). Soon after Liana was head of the class and showed promise of a career in dancing.

Growing up in a single parent household, Liana's aunt decided to help out as well by taking the young entertainer to additional classes to refine her talents. She continued to flourish and eventually evolved into a jazz and ballet dancer as well. After many live performances and music videos as a dancer, Liana decided to also give singing and acting a more serious look.

By age 13 she began both singing and dancing. Not having the luxury of two parents and her mother working a full time job to support the family caused the young entertainer to find her own way of getting seen and heard. Liana began pitching her act to local carnivals, parties, weddings, churches and where ever there was a stage and they allowed her to perform. One church performance led to her finding famed vocal coach Seth Riggs where she studied for 1 year. A woman by the name of Ru Diaz, who was a stranger to the songstress, saw Liana perform and wrote the young artist a several thousand dollar check on the spot so that she may refine her talents even more. That is when it was decided by Liana that this was definitively the career and chosen path for her and not a "hobby" or just something she enjoyed doing.

While filming and working as a professional actor she is also performing as a singer along side mentor and head of 13 Black Records/Universal Sleepy Brown of Outkast. Her hit single "Dirty Thoughts" was soon after picked up as a soundtrack song for the film "I'm Not Like That No More" starring comedians Felipe Esparza (Last Comic Standing) and Paul Rodriguez in which she also was cast as "Roxxy"

This is not the only side to Liana Mendoza however as she has been heavily involved in youth programs and charity organizations in the past and present some for troubled youth including: Operation Smile, Sober College, Help as One, Love Sees No Color as well as a program she ran called Students Run LA at Hathaway-Sycamores Children and Family Services in which 5 troubled teens ran the Los Angeles Marathon successfully due to her mentoring and loving spirit. She plans on using her celebrity for giving back as she feels she can reach more people the more people know her.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Kelly K Public Relations/Prestige Group

Spouse
Vincent Rivera (14 February 2010 - present)

Trivia
"Roxxy" is Liana Mendoza's music alter-ego. Sleepy Brown of Organized Noise Outkast and Dungeoun Family came up with this nickname while working with her on her album.

Liana Mendoza has 2 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon.

Liana Mendoza studied Psychology in college and is a Board Certified Hypnotherapist.

Personal Quotes
I'll sleep when I'm dead.