Xochitl (pronounced “socheel”) Gomez brought so much Gen Z to Dancing With the Stars Season 32. The 17-year-old was paired up with DWTS pro Val Chmerkovskiy, and they were revealed as the season 32 winners after a star-studded finale. Xochitl and Val earned perfect scores for their foxtrot and freestyle performances in the finale.
During the season 32 premiere, Carrie Ann Inaba told Xochitl that she had the “it factor.” Xochitl and Val hit the top of the leaderboard in the second week with their incredible salsa routine. The couple survived Motown Night and Disney 100 Night. Xochitl Gomez and Val Valdez have been awe-inspiring us with their performances throughout season 32. Xochitl’s and Val’s semi-final performances were samba and waltz that received perfect scores from both the judges and the audience. She is only 17 but has already taken Hollywood and the Ballroom by storm.
Xochitl Made Her MCU Debut in the Doctor Strange SequelXochitl played America Chavez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which was released in 2022. America can jump from one Multiverse to another. Wanda/Scarlet Witch tries to steal America’s power in the movie. America is the first Latina LGBTQ+ character in the MCU.
Xochitl Rose to Fame on The Baby-Sitters ClubXochitl played Dawn Schafer in the first season of Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club. She was forced to leave the show before the second season, after landing her role as Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness. “It was a shame that I couldn’t do the second season of The Baby-Sitters Club because I wanted to, but I had to leave the show before the second season began. The filming was taking place during the COVID period, and I could not fly from England to Canada. I was bummed out,” Xochitl told Seventeen. Before Doctor Strange[peak], Xochitl appeared in TV shows like Raven’s Home, You’re the Worst, and Gentified.Xochitl Is Experienced in Martial ArtsXochitl is a fan of martial arts, which she started before The Baby-Sitters Club. While auditioning for Doctor Strange , the actress revealed to Seventeen that she did “kickboxing and stunt tumbling every other day for a couple of hours. It was intense, but I felt like it was necessary because if I got to the next stage, I didn’t wanna do a little and be nervous.”(ABC)Xochitl Has DyslexiaThe actress revealed she is dyslexic in an interview about how she prepared for her role in Doctor Strange 2. “It’s the same preparation for every audition. I get the slides and go over them and over them, because I have dyslexia, so for me to not fumble around, I have to know the material,” she told
tl Is BilingualXochitl’s dad is from Mexico, and she told People Chica that she “grew up with a lot of Mexican influences because all the kids I played with and my babysitter was from Mexico. I have lived in two worlds because my parents speak Spanish.
