Selena Layan

Selena Layan is a Filipino-American actress and model, she was born in Austin, Texas where she grew up and attended college. Selena's mother was born in Manila, Philippines and her father born in the United States. She has one younger sister and two younger brothers that also reside in Austin, Texas. In her early years Selena became a gymnast and had a knack for learning languages, she began modeling at the age of 12 and shortly after fell in love with acting, singing, and performing. As an adult, she worked on TV shows doing extra work while attending college for Linguistics. Selena became military trained by joining the Reserve Officer Training Corps for two years, at the University of Texas at Austin. She then contracted as the photo-double for Rosa Salazar in James Cameron's manga Adaptation "Alita, Battle Angel". Since the film, Selena has trained in martial arts such as Kung-Fu, Hapkido, and has had tradition weapons training. Selena is an avid world traveler and does software engineering when she is not modeling or acting. She also enjoys hiking, water-sports, and acro-yoga.