Brief Biography

Paola Andino was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, and moved to Dallas, Texas, at the age of three. As a child, she danced competitively as a member of Lewisville's Footlights Dance Studio; at the age of ten she started taking acting classes with Antonia Denardo at Denardo Talent Ventures in Lewisville. After a guest appearance in an episode of Grey's Anatomy, in 2011 she starred in Hallmark Hall of Fame's movie Beyond The Black Board. In December 2012 she got the role of Emma Alonso, the female lead, in the series Every Witch Way, which started airing in January 2014. For this role she was nominated as Best Young Actress at the 29th Imagen Awards.