August 7th, 2019

Hon. Indira TalWani

United States District Court 
One Courthouse Way

Boston, MA 02210

Dear Judge Taiwani,

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to write something down about the character of my
good ?iend Felicity Huffman. As I sat down to write this, numerous wonderful memories have

?ooded my mind, so I will try and keep this brief and speci?c to those moments that really

impacted me.

I worked with Felicity for nearly a decade of my life on a television show, Seemg her every day,
of every week for nearly 15 hours a day. When I began the TV show, I was very new to the
business and industry as a whole. Felicity was the ?rst one to take me under her wing. From the
?rst table read of the script, she noticed me sitting alone, scared and unsure of where to go and
what to do. Her gentle character and kind heart immediately Opened up to me. She approached

me, introduced herself and said, ?Don? be scared, we will get through this together,? as she sat

down beside me and never left my side since that day. I remember having to walk on stage at my

?rst award show but having so much fright that I couldn?t move. Felicity wrapped her arms

around me and said, ?Don?t worry I got you? and held my hand the whole time, never letting go.
There was a time I was being bullied at work by a co-worker.? I dreaded the days I had to work
with that portion because it was pure torture. Until one day, Felicity told the bully ?enough? and
it all stopped. Felicity could feel that I was riddled with anxiety even though I never complained
or mentioned the abuse to anyone. Our TV show as compromised of four women and one award
season, all three of the other women got nominated for a Golden Globe, I did not. I was the only
one who was left out ofthe nominations. I wasn devastated but the press made it a b1gger deal
than it was between the four of as actors and that did affect me a bit Felicity came to my trailer
and said, ?It?s juist a piece of metal, that and 50 will get you a bus ticket.? She then proceeded
to tell me how talented I was and how I never needed an award to know that. Her humor always
made things better, but it was her heart and intentions to make sure I was always ok that I
remember most. I don?t know why she always felt like she had to protect me. Maybe because I
was. the youngest on the cast or naive about the industry, whatever it was, I am forever grateful.

I know I would not have survived those IU'years if it wasn?t for the ?i'endshi'p of Felicity.

I also know these things may sound like ?rst class problems or small insigni?cant moments. But
to a young, naive, Mexican girl who felt like-I didn?t belong, those gestures meant the world to
me. She mattered. And everything she did to help me along the way, mattered. I?don?t even think
she would remember half of these moments because it was just in her nature to be kind and
supportive. But to me they meant the world and were exactly what I needed in those moments.

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One of the most signi?cant examples of Felicity?s kindness came about when we had to
renegotiate our contracts. I was the lowest paid actor on the show, by far. But I mean, by far! 1
Felicity and the other ladies were making much more than I was because I was the most
inexperienced. Felicity brought up the idea that we should negotiate together, something we call
favored nations that means we all make the same. This meant that my salary would signi?cantly
increase and I would be on par with the other, more experienced actors. Well needless to say,
that did not go over too well with the others. But Felicity stood up for -,me saying it was fair
because the success of the show depended on all of us, not one of- us. This ?ght lasted weeks,
but Felicity held strong and convinced everyone this was the right thing to do. And thanks to her,
I was bumped up to favored nations. It wasn?t about the money for me, it was the fact that I was

- . seen as an equal, which rs how Felicity had always seen me. Now, thanks to her bold act,
everyone saw what she saw, not only on our show, but within the industry.

Outside of work, I knew Icould always count on Felicity. I wanted toluse'the spotlight that the
TV show gave us to bring awareness 'to numerous charities that I support. I knew I couldn?t do it
alone so I asked the other women to join me. They-wereall usually too busy to help, except
Felicity. I can ?t tell you how many times she was the only one who would physically show up to
help me with kids with cancer, or children with special needs. The most special part about this IS 
that my charities were always for children of the Latino community. I did the work because I am
Latino, but Felicity didn?t have to, she wanted to. There were so many times Felicity was the
only white woman in the room helping me improve the lives of these brown faces and families. I
will never forget that.

She always leads with her heart and has always put others ?rst. This rs why I still call her my
??rend today and always. .