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A new Nickelodeon series has art imitating life, starring a Latina girl from New York portraying a Latina girl from New York, both hoping to hit the big time. Story

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Have you ever seen that television show that finds out what people fear most and then puts the contestants in situations that force them to conquer their fears? If the contestant succeeds in overcoming the fears they win a certain amount of money. If they are unsuccessful, I guess they win nothing and now they're really embarrassed because they have wimped out in front of millions of people on national television. How embarrassing! This show made me start to think about my greatest fear in the world. Do I ever tell anyone what it is? I know my greatest fear . . . being my own person. Isn't that ultimately everyone's fear? I thought I could have some fun by checking out my suspicion. I was surprised by some of the things people told me.