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That innate stubbornness has resulted in Marisol booking a number of recurring roles on TV. Her favorite role was her character in NCIS. "She was this tough ATF agent, and I really like that. It was really fun." And for completely different reasons, she loved her character in Teen Wolf. "It's supernatural stuff. I like that… There is nothing redeeming about this character, she is completely horrible, and her entire role is to kill her child so she can move on and become more powerful herself. It's psychotic, but there is fun in that. She was tough as nails." Marisol has been working in entertainment for over twenty years, which enables her to treat acting like any other job, rather than a lifestyle. "You have your ups and downs, and you get humble at times. Sometimes you are on top, and then it can all go away tomorrow. Then, you're back at square one. Those experiences that I've had over the last twenty years, have kept me normal." She also has other projects in the mix. Last month, the actress designed two jewelry collections with Different Class in Milan. When Marisol is not on set or auditioning, she is with her 11-year-old daughter, Rain, doing normal mom things. "I'm a single mom, raising a kid. There is a lot of attention to my job, but at the end of the day, it's still a job that I have to keep up, because I have to pay bills because I have to raise my kid." Balancing work and her personal life is not easy, but Marisol makes it work. Often, she tries to turn work trips into mini vacations with her daughter. "I do my best, I'm not always perfect. I bring my daughter with me wherever and whenever I can. She is homeschooled, so it makes it a little easier for her to travel with me. But she also has her life and we have to balance it out. I try not to leave her for more than a week. We are too close." Marisol is also very passionate about defending human rights. In 2015, she established the Foundation for a Slavery Free World, a non- profit organization fighting human trafficking. She was trained by CIA operatives and went undercover to put sex offenders behind bars. "There are thousands of pedophiles in prison right now because of me. There are thousands of sex offenders registered as sex offenders because of me. I wanted to do more than just raise awareness." Stopping human trafficking and increasing the safety of all women and children is among her top priorities. When Marisol discovered that this was happening to American citizens right here in the United States, she made it her mission to help put a stop to it. "I don't understand why we don't stop everything under the sun to stop it. Then, when I learned this was happening to children—that was it. Why do we care about anything else when kids are being raped for money? That's insane. So, I started my non-profit because I had to do something, I couldn't just go to sleep. I had to do something. While I'm doing everything else, this is my focus." ML Watch Marisol on Riverdale and don't miss the new Saw movie slated for release May 2020. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter: @MarisolNichols. For more information on Foundation for a Slavery Free World, visit: www.slaveryfreeworld.org