Eva Mendes studied acting under Ivana Chub buck.

Mendes was born in Miami, Florida, to Cuban parents, and was raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale by her mother after her parents' divorce;Mendes has said that her mother-(who was a stay-at-home mom, until she became an accountant when Eva went to school) "suffered so much to make my life OK" during her early years. Mendes was raised a Roman Catholic and aspired to be a nun. Eva Mendes is also fluent in Spanish.[
Mendes never saw herself as an actress while she was young and pursued other interests.Eva Mendes attended Hoover High School in Glendale and later attended California State University, Northridge to study marketing, but dropped out after wanting to begin an acting career. Eva Mendes studied acting under Ivana Chub buck.