“I mean, there’s so many different experiences for so many reasons, and it honestly … “I played a character named Pilar Cortez, and we shot in Hawaii,” Camacho recalled.

“It was set aboard a submarine.

We were Navy crew members, and we had gone rogue on this island.

Jessica Camacho smiling, red carpet

It was really cool.

I was working with Andre Braugher.

I mean, he’s just fantastic, and I learned so much from him.

Jessica Camacho posing on the red carpet

“I was like, ‘I will not be serving tables at age 30.’

That moment was especially meaningful for her.

“It was just this really huge moment of realizing, ‘Wow, I’m so grateful.’

Jessica Camacho smiling

Yeah, it was a huge moment; it was surreal,” she said.

That moment, and that experience was really big.”

“A Christmas Proposal” will be airing on CBS throughout the holiday season.