She is best known for her role as Maya Martinez in the Hulu series East Los High and her recurring role as Carmen Cruz in the ABC Family's series The Fosters.
[1] Sixtos was born and raised in San Francisco and has three sisters.
[2] She moved to Los Angeles in 2005, and began work as a model for ad agencies.
[2] Sixtos has done many roles in many television series and movies including The Avengers, King of the Hill, Californication, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and General Hospital.
[4] On October 11, 2018, Sixtos came out on Twitter as pansexual for National Coming Out Day.