IPF-151 María Azellea, Animator and Production Coordinator

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast- a look at animation through the women and non-binary folk who make it!

Hosted by Kira Rodrigues and Cassie Soliday

 

Today’s guest is animator and production coordinator, María Azellea!

 

María Azellea at a young age realized there was a need to help diverse, new, and outdated companies who strived to be part of the social media shift in the new multimedia marketing world. From that need she established Menacing Marketing in 2013 with the focus of empowering the voices of these businesses.

Her belief in empowering the Next Generation brought her to work with several Non Profits & Organizations. Together they build great platforms, media content and strong membership participation.

In addition to her volunteer positions María created and is the owner of Hustle - N - Heart, a non profit virtual landing page that is a way to bring resources & information to aspiring professionals so they can have their own starting line as they begin their professional journeys.

As an animator her philosophy is “To create new, innovative, and diverse media that empowers the next generation of creatives to tell their own stories.”.

This passion and drive led to her short film ” La Concha Mágica” to debut at San Diego Comic Con Children’s Film Festival. Which is a step in her continued journey to learn, discover, and create new stories everyday as an Animator while also working in Production.

 

Find María online:

www.azellea.com

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This podcast is produced in partnership with Women in Animation
womeninanimation.org

"Today, women hold only 20% of the creative roles in animation. WIA wants to make it 50/50 by 2025!"

Please also check out other great organizations promoting diversity in the industry: Black n’ Animated, Rise Up Animation, LatinX in Animation, Asian Queens in Animation, Asians in Animation, and Diverse Toons.

 

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