Eva Longoria will grace the cover of the October issue of Latina magazine, where she discusses her success as well as her developing interest in politics.

Longoria, who gained fame during ABC's long running drama "Desperate Housewives," has grown much since her days as a model. The 39-year-old star still has more up her sleeves, however.

"People go, 'How does it feel to be so successful?' and I always think, God, I haven't even tapped into my potential as a human being," she told the magazine. "There's so much more I want to do with my craft and with the industry I'm in. There's so much more I can be and can do that I can't wait until I evolve to the complete human being that I'm supposed to be."

Last year, Longoria formed the Latino Victory Project with Henry Muñoz III, Democratic National Committee finance chair. According to the organization's mission it hopes to create "a movement that builds power in the Latino community so that the faces and voices of Latinos are reflected at every level of government and ... [help] Latinos win election to local, state and federal offices."

Muñoz believes Longoria will never give up on her goals.

"For Latinas, Eva is definitely symbolic of the power of the American dream. And she's very young," he told the magazine. "In 10 years, she'll still be young. And in 10 years, a place like Texas will be ready to elect a Latina governor. If she were asking for my advice, I would say she should never say never."

Longoria's dive into politics certainly has the potential to go deeper, as she has expressed a passion for the field.

"I think people go, 'Oh, you like politics and politicians?' And I say I don't like politics and I don't like politicians, but I love the political process," she explained. "And I love how the most powerful person in the political process is the citizen."

"Frontera," which premiered in July and was Longoria's first all-Spanish language role, dealt with immigration, and thus united her acting career and political interests.

"Nothing angers me more than to see talking heads on TV who don't know what they are talking about," she said of the immigration debate. "You have to study the history of immigration and patterns in order to understand why this is happening right now. I just wish people would view this with a lens of compassion and at the same time [educate] themselves on ignorant statements like, 'These people come here to suck dry our social services.' That is not true."

Longoria's interview with Latina hits newsstands on Sept. 9.

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