Chronicles the life of a sassy 15-year-old Latina caught between two worlds: the traditional world of her Puerto Rican family and the modern world of her friends and life at the Manhattan School of the Arts.
For Film class, Lamar makes a spoof documentary on the guys forming a group. They have a huge big fight and fall out. But, after Lamar joins the group and everyone is okay, they perform at Papitos under no name and everyone loves them.
Lisa, an old friend of Taina's attends classes at MSA even though she is not enrolled. It turns out Lisa got the lead for the play, she tells Taina that she's afraid she will be caught. But when Taina tells Renee Mr.Collon over hears he has no choice but to tell the principal, leading her to be kicked out of the play. And when Taina gets the lead for the play, everyone thinks Taina got Lisa kicked out on purpose. Lamar tries to help a former Wrestler cry if she helps him learn how to fall properly for a class grade. Maritza hires Dan to play piano while she sings.
When an actress named Nicole Burke comes to MSA, Renee and Daniel discriminate against her when they think she's like the character she playes on TV who is really mean. But it turns out everyone, but taina, was rough Nicole turns out to be nice.
When Maritza gets an agent, she is getting more auditions for roles. Taina is jealous by this, so she try's everything she can to get her own agent. Her attempts include trying to set a world record for the longest time singing and dancing. Plus, she also lies about helping an elderly lady.
LeMar gives a bad review of The Legend of Dustbowl Annie, a play that Taina is starring in, because a rake hit her and she turns the play into one big joke. Taina is really upset, and she may even drop out of the show! Will Taina believe in herself and stay in, or will she drop out of the play? Maritza gives Daniel a makeover when he is going to an Oprah with her.
After Taina doesn't show up for a cooking contest with Abeulo, he shows up wherever she is. At school during a hip hop class, and at Papito's. It's driving Taina crazy! Abeulo really crosses the line when he scares a way Taina's co-star in a new school play and it makes Taina more upset because she liked him.
Taina has a boyfriend. The boy's father has invited Taina (and Maritza, but she bagged her way in) to his birthday party. When Taina does get to the party, there are all little kids running around. Puzzled, Taina doesn't know why all these little kids are there,until she reads the birthday cake saying,""Happy 13th Birthday!"" Can Taina handle going out with a boy 3 years younger than her? A young boy tries to get Renee to Be his girlfriend.
Taina is wants to be in the play 'Amazon 3000' very badly, and tries for the lead. The director sees her as a cockatoo, so Taina, unhappy at this, tries to get noticed but wrecks everything and gets kicked out. To bribe the director, Taina buys her favorite cheese and is let in. The show ends up a success. Daniel and Lamar try to sell people tickets to the show, by any means possible, but Mr. Colon gets mad with them. Renee and Maritza fight over Darius, a hot guy.
Taina is going to see Teck Money, but her dad says no. So, distraught and tired, she sleeps on top of her bed in her clothes. When going out, her dad flips and begins to think she decieved him. Of course not! So, she calls Maritza to get her to come over to prove it. When Maritza comes over she says it's a matter of trust, to which father and daughter make up. There's bullying in the workplace when Lamar and Dan are hassled by their annoying boss.
Taina and Renee take a quiz about their friendship but get all the answers wrong. So, in order to prove they are friends, Renee and Taina spend the weekend finding things out about each other they didn't know. It escalates into a fight and almost breaking their friendship, but a kind word from Taina (""We're friends, Renee"") stops them and they become friends again.
While staying at school all night for costume fixing, Mr. Colon makes up a story about a ghost at the school. Lamar and Dan try to scare the girls out of the building and when they find out, they try the same thing. Maritza has a bag mix-up with Taina and gets in on the act and uses herself to scare Lamar and Dan, which works. The girls win the battle and the boys wear panto dame outfits for a day.
Tai teams up with Maritza to pull the curtain on an attention-grabbing classmate. Renee needs a reality check after a dream about Daniel.
In order to be a tough girl, Taina creates a facade and is asked to fight Big Teefa, a huge boxer, and loses both her cred and her looks. When Renee, Dan and Papito go on Battlebots, it doesn't go well and their robot ends up being destroyed.
Chronicles the life of a sassy 15-year-old Latina caught between two worlds: the traditional world of her Puerto Rican family and the modern world of her friends and life at the Manhattan School of the Arts.
as Taina Maria Morales
as Lamar Carlos Johnson
