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Linette Garcia, 32, is known for her comedic skits on social media about growing up in a Cuban household. Pictured above is Abuela, a staple character she portrays in her videos.<\/p>\n
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Linette Kristine Garcia has always been an entertainer. As a teen, she played trombone in marching band, taught guitar and dressed up as Disney characters at children\u2019s parties.<\/p>\n
But humor was where she excelled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was always the one who made people laugh without even trying, you know, just being myself,\u201d she said. \u201cI loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Today, the 32-year-old\u2019s comedic personality reaches thousands on social media. Garcia, who has more than 85,000 followers on Instagram<\/a> and 193,000 on TikTok<\/a>, is best known for her skits about growing up in a Cuban household in Miami.<\/p>\n In most videos, Garcia is a one-woman band, acting not only as herself, but also as characters commonly seen in Hispanic homes, including the nagging abuela, oblivious dad and loud mom. To look the part, she uses costumes and props, such as a cane, mustache and wig.<\/p>\n One of her top videos is a skit<\/a> where she acts as seven people \u2014 mom and dad, abuela and abuelo, a child, herself and Juancho, the ugly boyfriend in the family, whom she portrays with huge ears and a fake beard. After Juancho leaves the house, everyone comments on his physical appearance.<\/p>\n The video has amassed more than 104,000 likes on Instagram since it was posted in March 2025.<\/p>\n Another popular skit features Garcia imitating Hispanic mothers who constantly call their children to warn them about the dangers of solo travel, such as getting kidnapped and never seeing their family again.<\/p>\n Throughout the video, Garcia imitates the idiosyncrasies of Latina moms \u2014 cleaning the driveway with a broom and bucket of water, wearing chancletas and broken glasses, and issuing sage advice, such as no confies en nadie (\u201ddon\u2019t trust anyone\u201d) and ten cuidado por ahi (\u201dbe careful out there\u201d).<\/p>\n The video<\/a> has garnered more than a million views and 127,000 likes on TikTok since it was posted in 2022. Recently, it was also posted on Instagram, where it has more than 500,000 views and 29,000 likes.<\/p>\n Natalie Stuart<\/a>, a content creator based in Broward County and one of Garcia\u2019s closest friends, says the relatability of Garcia\u2019s content is one of her greatest assets.<\/p>\n \u201cThe reason she\u2019s so successful is that it\u2019s so authentic,\u201d Stuart said.<\/p>\n Garcia has also collaborated on posts with comedic icons in South Florida, such as Mr. Red, a Miami-based entertainer with Cuban roots, and Lele Pons, a Venezuelan American social media personality.<\/p>\n The videos range from skits<\/a> poking fun at Hispanic stereotypes to a parody<\/a> of the song \u201cMillion Dollar Baby,\u201d where Garcia acts as an abuela dancing on a moving truck while eating Cuban bread.<\/p>\n \u201cI love filling people\u2019s cups,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cI love making people feel happy.\u201d<\/p>\n Her videos have landed her sponsorships with brands such as Pepto-Bismol, Colgate and Invisalign. Garcia\u2019s highest-grossing deal was with Verizon, earning her $15,000. She did a skit<\/a> portraying Hispanic moms who constantly FaceTime their children to know everything they\u2019re doing, even after they move out.<\/p>\n Garcia has also been invited to movie premieres, VidCon and the Latin Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n \u201cThis isn\u2019t a surprise to me that she\u2019s like, come this far,\u201d said her best friend, Priscilla Yero, who grew up with Garcia and now serves as a co-writer and videographer.<\/p>\n The duo meets every Sunday and Monday to brainstorm, write and film content, often for sessions of two to three hours.<\/p>\n Born to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother, Garcia grew up in Hialeah and Cutler Bay, drawing inspiration for her humor from her experiences, friends and family.<\/p>\n One of her earliest skits<\/a> dates back to September 2017, when Hurricane Irma passed through South Florida. Sporting a bright yellow raincoat and rainboots, Garcia pretends to be a journalist reporting on the storm in West Kendall as a palm tree leaf slaps her across the face.<\/p>\n Another skit<\/a> from March 2018 features Garcia on a cruise recreating iconic scenes from \u201cTitanic,\u201d like frantically walking through a hallway while wearing a life jacket and calling out for Jack.<\/p>\n South Florida social media personality Linette Garcia, who has more than 85,000 followers on Instagram and 193,000 on TikTok, with her ring light, tripod and camera in her kitchen. Nikole Valiente FIU Caplin News <\/p>\n