Saturdays are probably best known to be dedicated to parties and adventures, but for those who prefer the indoors, watching “Saturday Night Live” in the comfort of your own home is usually the way to go. SNL has been a staple in U.S. media since it first aired 41 years ago like everything else that is popular; however, it has had a number of its own challenges.

In the past, SNL has been criticized for its lack of diversity on the show. In 2015, all cast members except for five were white. Only two Hispanic men, Horatio Sanz and Fred Armisen, have ever been cast members in the history of the show. Armisen, who is one-fourth Japanese, is also considered to be one of the two Asian-American cast members that have been a part of the show in the 41 years that it has been on the air, along with Rob Schneider. It goes without saying that the lack of representation on SNL has been a sore subject for many in recent years.

This season’s cast list, however, led to a nice surprise for many when it was announced that comedian Melissa Villaseñor is to become an SNL cast member. Villaseñor is SNL’s first Latina woman to be cast on the show in its history, and her casting is a step in the right direction for the representation of the Latina and Hispanic community in the United States as a whole.

Villaseñor was born and raised in Los Angeles, where she graduated from a private, Catholic, all-girls high school before pursuing her career in comedy. In fact, she is an alum of the same private, Catholic, all-girls high school that I graduated from back in 2014. While we may have gone to the same high school, the similarities end there. She reached the semifinals of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” in its sixth season and went on to do voice acting for Cartoon Network’s “Adventure Time,” Comedy Central’s “TripTank” and Fox’s “Family Guy” before landing her role as an SNL cast member.

While the fact that we graduated from the same high school may be seemingly mundane and minuscule to most, it is a very big deal for me and my fellow alumni. Being a graduate of Ramona Convent and a Latina woman myself, I cannot help but feel proud of all of the accomplishments that Villaseñor has succeeded in doing that reflects positively not only on my alma mater but on my heritage as a whole. She is an inspiration to me and my fellow graduates, and she continues to positively define what it means to be a Latina, especially in comedy and a Ramona Convent alum.

The new season of “Saturday Night Live” will air next month, and you can count on me to be watching in support of my fellow Ramona alum as she goes down in SNL history as being the first Latina cast member. If you are interested in watching, tune into NBC on Oct. 1 to watch Villaseñor’s debut, a milestone in the Latina and Hispanic community!