{"id":4209522,"date":"2020-09-29T09:21:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T13:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=4209522"},"modified":"2021-10-15T00:16:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T04:16:57","slug":"who-is-nickayla-rivera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-nickayla-rivera-4209522\/","title":{"rendered":"Nickayla Rivera: 5 Things To Know About Naya Rivera’s Sister Who’s Been Spending Time With Ryan Dorsey"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Nickayla Rivera continues to mourn her beloved sister, the late ‘Glee’ actress Naya Rivera, and help her family raise Naya’s son with Ryan Dorsey, Josey, learn more about the model speaking out on social media.\u00a0 <\/h3>\n

Nickayla Rivera\u00a0<\/strong>has been through so much in the last two months. On July 13, her sister,\u00a0Glee\u00a0<\/em>alum\u00a0Naya Rivera<\/strong><\/a>, was confirmed to have drowned in Lake Piru<\/a> after renting a boat out on the lake with her five-year-old son, whom she shares with ex-husband\u00a0Ryan Dorsey<\/strong><\/a>. In the time since, Nickayla has publicly mourned her sister and is now fending off haters on social media as she helps raise her young nephew. Here are five things you should know about Nickayla Rivera.<\/p>\n

1) She comes from a show business family.\u00a0<\/strong>Nickayla’s entire family<\/a> was in the entertainment business at one point in their respective careers. Her mother,\u00a0Yolanda Previtire<\/strong>, is a former model and her father,\u00a0George Rivera<\/strong>, is a former actor known for 2011’s\u00a0Detached<\/em>. Her brother is\u00a0Mychal Rivera<\/strong>, a former football tight end<\/a> who played on the Tennessee Volunteers in college and was drafted to the Oakland Raiders in the sixth round of the NFL draft in 2013. Nickayla’s sister, Naya, was undoubtedly the most famous member of her family. She played Santana Lopez on\u00a0Glee<\/em><\/a> from 2009-2015, earning a prestigious Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2010, which she shared with her fellow cast members.<\/p>\n

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Nickayla Rivera attends the REVOLVE-hosted 2nd Annual #REVOLVEawards at Palms Casino Resort on November 9, 2018 [Mega].<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>2) Nickayla is a model.<\/strong> The 25-year-old is currently signed with Photogenics Media. A number of the images available on the agency’s official site feature Nickayla posing in different outfits<\/a>. The company is based in Los Angeles, where Nickayla currently resides. She often shares images from her various photoshoots on her Instagram page, where she boasts more than 145K followers. In 2013, she walked the runway for\u00a0Naeem Khan<\/strong> at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.<\/p>\n

3) She is the younger sister of Naya Rivera.<\/strong> Nickayla is roughly eight years younger than Naya, who tragically passed at the age of 33 years old. Two weeks following Naya’s untimely passing, Nickayla took to Instagram and issued a heartfelt tribute<\/a> dedicated to the beloved actress and singer. \u201cSister,\u2063 There are no words to describe my love for you. Side by side or miles apart, our connection is infinite. Our bond is unbreakable,\u201d she wrote in her July 25 post, featuring an old black and white photo of the sisters. In ending her tribute, Nickayla promised that she would love Naya \u201cfor eternity\u201d and miss her dear sister \u201cevery second\u201d of her life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sister,\u2063 \u2063 There are no words to describe my love for you. Side by side or miles apart, our connection is infinite. Our bond is unbreakable. We were complete opposites, yet simultaneously the same. The yin to my yang. I never knew that by losing you, I would find so much of you in myself. \u2063 \u2063 I\u2019ve never known a life without you in it & still can\u2019t imagine it. My world is turned upside down. But through it all, everything we were, we are still. I\u2019ll always look at you with the same eyes as I did when I was young.\u2063 \u2063 My shmaya, I\u2019ll love you for eternity & miss you every second of my life. \ud83e\udd0d<\/a><\/p>\n

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