A former Mouseketeer, Nikki DeLoach grew up in the Disney machine, surrounded by soon-to-be superstars like Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake. Though that big break came two decades ago, what she learned and experienced there influenced her—and her career—for years to come. She sat down with Snakkle to talk about how.

What were Awkward.‘s Matty, Jenna and Tamara really like in high school? We didn’t just stop there! Snakkle asked the whole cast to dish on their high school days.

It’s been a long year since Lauren Iungerich’s refreshing teen comedy, Awkward. debuted on MTV. We were introduced to a sweet, if somewhat sophomoric, love triangle in that of Jake-Jenna-Matty (come on, Matty was too image obsessed to hold Jenna’s hand in public; how could she pick him!?), an amazing catchphrase from an outside-the-box mean girl, and a mystery with a heartbreaking end. When the first season finale rolled around, things heated up when we learned who wrote the carefrontation letter and who Jenna picked as her boyfriend. And then the show faded to black for a long fall, winter, and spring. But season two is just around the corner, and the cast gives Snakkle five reasons to tune back into the show.