Born and raised in a small town in South Texas, Arlene moved to Austin to attend college at St. Edward’s University where she earned her degree in Theater Arts. After graduating, Arlene moved to Los Angeles to pursue her passion and has been working steadily as an actor, producer and writer.

Arlene is also incredibly passionate about working in the field. During the 2016 Presidential Election, she worked with Voto Latino, a civic media organization that seeks to transform America by recognizing Latinos’ innate leadership. As part of “Crash The Parties,” Arlene covered the Democratic National Convention for Fuse TV. After the election, Arlene worked with Senator Alex Padilla, who was then California’s Secretary of State, to engage young voters to pre-register or register to vote.

During the summer of 2020, Arlene worked for the El Rey Network as a Segment Producer for Maria!, a political show highlighting the most important issues affecting the Latinx community leading up to the 2020 Presidential Election.

Arlene is currently working for iHeart Media and the My Cultura Podcast Network where she is an awarding winning Supervising Producer. Some of her projects include the shows "Out of the Shadows: Dreamers" hosted by Patty Rodriguez and Erick Galindo and "Hungry For History" with Eva Longoria and Maite Gomez Rejón. She is also a Supervising Producer on the show, “The Making of a Rivalry: Caitlin Clark vs Angel Reese,” with Cari Champion.