Meet Carlos, Director of ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’
I discovered animation when I was a kid, as I think most people do. It expanded my mind, and it certainly gave my imagination a chance to grow in ways that I think I benefited from at an early age.
I grew up in an environment where Mexican storytellers were getting recognition, world recognition for their work. Before me, kids didn’t have that to look up to. But growing up, I remember seeing them, seeing their stories, seeing their success … and it almost like shattered that barrier of just not thinking that was a possibility for me.
The work I do is creative and has really allowed me to be introspective. It involves a lot of questioning and a lot of interaction with other people. It involves a lot of articulation of ideas and emotions, and I feel like the stories that I’ve been drawn to are ones that, like myself, exist in a place that isn’t very clear or hard to put into a box.
In telling other people’s stories, I’ve found some clarity on my own, in my own story. And the more work that I do, I feel like I continue to find my voice and I continue to be more comfortable in my skin. And I continue to think that it’s okay to be me with all of my insecurities and all of my inconsistencies and all of the things that maybe a few years ago I would have been terrified to share and terrified to openly talk about.
by Disney Career Recruitment