When Isabela Moner first heard that the beloved Nickelodeon cartoon Dora the Explorer was getting a live-action adaptation featuring a teenaged Dora, she was admittedly concerned about the idea.

Isabela Merced was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Katherine, who was born in Lima, Peru, and Patrick Moner, who was born in Louisiana. She has two brothers, Jared and Gyovanni. While little is known about ...