Danielle Vega

Vega was born in Atlanta, Georgia but was raised in Dallas, Texas. Vega is of mixed African-American, Spanish, British, Cherokee, and Irish descent. Vega attended Southern Methodist University, where she graduated with a degree in journalism. Vega is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.At age 10, Vega appeared in the children's TV show Barney & Friends. In 2009, she auditioned for the ninth season of American Idol, but was later cut in the Hollywood Week auditions. Since then, she has portrayed many roles in her career including in films So This Is Christmas, Betrayed at 17, Teeth and Blood. In 1994, she played herself on Psalty's Songs for Little Praisers the Bible series in volume 1–3.

She landed the breakout role as Ceci Camayo in East Los High, for which she earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination.