[6] Growing up speaking mostly Spanish, Paulino described the beginning of her path to acting as 'complicated' due to her strong accent.
[1] In 2013 Paulino acted in the short movie Innovation before graduating from Central Catholic High School in Lawrence.
Later she studied musical theatre at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania[8] and graduated from Yale School of Drama in 2020.
Since that same year, Paulino has played the role of Lila Flores in the HBO Max television series The Sex Lives of College Girls.
[14][15] On November 2023, Paulino founded Cusp of Rebirth Productions alongside Donato Fatuesi e Logan Ellis.