Dominican-American Actresses

Biographies

Dascha Polanco: The Story Behind Her Rise From Healthcare to Hollywood

Introduction Dascha Polanco is a Dominican-American actress. Most people know her as Dayanara “Daya” Diaz from Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black. But her life before television was quite different. She worked in a hospital. She studied psychology. She raised children while building her future. Acting wasn’t her first career. Born on December 3, 1982, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,…