Q. How does the narration process work?

A. I’m usually at the table read in Los Angeles via Skype. Then, when they’re ready to record, Jennie Snyder Urman, our creator, and Gina Lamar, our producer, call me up. I use a phone patch, so they can hear what I’m saying into the mike, and I can hear them in my headphones. We go by scenes. So maybe the first take we hit on point, but we also want to allow them the flexibility of making editing or story choices. So we might change pacing, attitude, tone or mood. They paint the picture for what’s going on in the scene, and I have to connect to that feeling.

Q. “Jane the Virgin” was praised in part for its focus on Latino characters. What do you think of representation on television?

A. It’s a tough question because there are as many answers as there are different cultures and races within the Latino community, if you want to call it one homogenized community. In terms of diversity on TV, I think it’s getting better for Latinos, but if there’s one thing I want, it’s to get more Latinos involved in voice-over. We’re as American as anybody else, and we can cross over just by speaking the way that we speak normally.

Q. Is that something that’s made more difficult by being bilingual?

A. The challenge has been, in English anyway, the regionalism. What I call my paella of an accent — that combination of Hispanic, urban or street, New York and New Jersey. I’ve worked with speech pathologists on reducing my accent and also being able to dial it in. That goes for Spanish as well. Being first-generation American but born of Dominican parents, our Spanish doesn’t tend to translate across the general market in Spanish.

Q. How do you care for your voice?

A. I try not to be out at parties too much. You know how if you go to a club and it’s loud, and at the end of the night there’s a tickle in your throat because you were yelling? Those are micro tears in your vocal cords. I also drink a lot of water, and I don’t smoke. I wear scarves where there’s a lot of A.C. or if I’m going out in the winter. A neti pot works great for keeping everything clear. Some people say don’t drink dairy, but, eh, I’m not that particular about it.

Q. Do you exercise it?

A. I have a sheet that I call the VO90X — it’s based on the P90X thing — and there are common words on it. I have them categorized by sounds, usually the sounds that my tongue has trouble doing. I run through that two or three times. I also do a scale [vibrates lips while humming]. I like to prepare for 30 minutes to an hour. It’s almost like a sport. These are muscles that you’re using.

Q. So, is your sassy pillow talk effective with your wife?

A. [Laughs.] The Latin lover does absolutely nothing for her. And I say that because I’ve tried.