NEW YORK (AP) — Like her character of Nina in “In The Heights,” Leslie Grace says she struggles “all the time” to fit in as an Afro-Latina woman and artist. Grace, a Latin Grammy-nominated singer who started her professional career at 16, finds herself this week making her acting debut in the biggest Latino movie in recent history. The just-released “In the Heights” is an adaptation of the Tony-award winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes about the dreams and struggles of the Latino community in New York City’s Washington Heights. Jimmy Smits plays Grace’s dad.
