#interviews 2018

Seeing the how the issues as the U.S. and Mexico's border were being handled truly opened Wood's eyes, revealing the situation was possibly worse than she had imagined. However, rather than commiserating, Wood was determined to help and share how her followers can, too (which they can research with "#EvanInTX" on social media).

"It also made me realize that there were things that I could do and a lot of information was being withheld about what actually we can do and places that you can donate," Wood said. "You can actually go and hangout with the kids and not actually in the detention centers but there's places that they go when they come out of the detention centers or when they're being held while they're being processed or right before they're gonna be deported. If you want to go and be with the people you can do that and if you want to give them supplies you can do that."

One trip to Texas wasn't enough for the actress. "I want to go back because there's so much more to be done and to learn and I could only be there for a weekend," Wood said. "It was crazy, we were at the Detention Center McAllen right when Elizabeth Warren walked out. So we got to get her testimony first hand. We were standing right next to her when she was talking to reporters and she's amazing."

Furthermore, Wood participated in a 24-hour hunger strike which has a real tradition to it, in another effort to raise awareness regarding what is going on at the nation's borders.

"The 24 hours hunger strike was, it's funny," Wood said, pre-fracing a story regarding social media's reaction. "It is amazing how people can find any reason to kind of make fun of you or if they don't believe in your cause make you seem really dumb but the 24-hour hunger strike was a part of a prayer circle and it's kind of like a ritual and it was to pay homage to Caesar Chavez who used to fast with Robert F. Kennedy. The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Center holds these hunger strikes and you get this eagle medallion and you fast for 24 hours and then you give it to somebody else and they fast for 24 hours and then they pass it on, they fast for 24 hours."

More so than saying she wasn't going to eat until her demands were met, Wood was delivering a message of respect while simultaneously raising awareness.