St. Scholastica), then received a BA in Political Science and her MFA in Theatre from the graduate acting program at the University of California, San Diego.
[1][citation needed] She played Rosaura in the film Like Water for Chocolate, written by Laura Esquivel and directed by Alfonso Arau.
[4] Arizmendi has appeared on television in Six Feet Under, House, The Agency, 24, and Medium and on film in Don’t Let me Drown, AMERICA with Edward James Olmos, and Naco es Chido.
[citation needed] In 1995, Arizmendi received the Princess Grace Foundation Statue Award for contribution to a field of performance art.
[4] She has narrated the audiobook editions of several books, including American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins and Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel.