Texada was born in Louisiana to a reflexologist mother and an insurance agent father.She has been acting since she was young.
Texada's most حالیہ appearance was as a guest سٹار, ستارہ in an episode of CSI Miami. Before that, she was a guest سٹار, ستارہ in two episodes of The Unit. She played Sgt. Maritza Cruz in the NBC Drama Third Watch. She also has appeared in فلمیں such as Paulie (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), Glitter (2001), Phone Booth (2003) and Spartan (2004). She also has a singing career, and her songs have been featured on shows such as Dawson's Creek. She also played at the Lilith Fair tour in 1998[2][3]. She has lent her voice to TV's Static Shock as well as many ویژن ٹیلی commercials. She has also done layouts for magazines. She also is featured on FHM.
