A student at Wheaton once told me I was "ambiguously ethnic," meaning I could play all the foreign roles. People rarely know where we're from by just looking at us. Randomly, in conversation, people say, "You remind me of _____." Or, while watching a movie, "Hey, she kind of looks like you!"

Do we actually look like said character or is just because we're tan?

***Disclaimer: we do not all look the same!

Nonetheless, I'm taking it as a cinematic compliment.

All characters listed have been compared to me or a fellow "ambiguously ethnic" friend.

1. Angelica from "Pirates of the Caribbean"

What is that supposed to mean? Go walk the plank.

2. Pocahontas

Painting all the colors of the wind.

3. Gabriella Montez from "High School Musical"

Tan and nerdy ∴ must be Gabriella.

4. Mindy Lahiri from "The Mindy Project"

Wearing scrubs = automatic Doctor Lahiri.

5. Cece Parekh from "New Girl"

Obviously because we're model material.

6. Esmeralda from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

We'll take Esmeralda's movie fate please, not the book.

7. Jackie Burkhart from "That 70s Show"

Although we all know Fez is the real ambiguously ethnic character.

8. Princess Tamina from "The Prince of Persia"

If only we could actually travel back in time.

9. Mimi Marquez from "RENT"

525,600 comparisons.

10. Princess Rosalinda Maria Montoya Fioré from "Princess Protection Program"

Princess of Costa Luna, an ambiguous foreign place.

11. Dora The Explorer

¡Vámonos! Let's go never make this comparison again. Way too redundant.

12. Ana Lucia Cortez from "Lost"

It's because we're super tough, right?

13. Gloria Delgado Pritchett from "Modern Family"

This comparison is always accompanied what an attempt to do the accent.

14. Ziva David from "NCIS"

Well, she speaks 10 languages.

15. Jess Bhamra from "Bend it Like Beckham"

That's right, it's gotta be the soccer skills!

16. Santana Lopez from "Glee"

We just hope it is not because of personality.

17. Jasmine from "Aladdin"

I can show you the world, or at least a map. You need one.

18. Janine from "Sherlock"

Hmmmm. Is it the Irish accent? So foreign.

19. Agent Daisy Johnson from "AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D."

Sometimes you just gotta shake things up a bit.

20. Gamora from "Guardians of the Galaxy"

Because nothing says ambiguously ethnic like green skin.