IPF-183, Karissa Valencia, Creator of "Spirit Rangers"

Welcome to the Ink and Paint Folk podcast where we celebrate women and queer creatives working in the animation industry.

Hosted by Cassie Soliday

 

Today’s guest is "Spirit Rangers" creator, Karissa Valencia!

 

Netflix's "Spirit Rangers" follows Native American sibling trio Kodi, Summer, and Eddy Skycedar, who have a shared secret- you’ll never guess it… ah, you guessed it. They’re the Spirit Rangers. 

Karissa has also written for other adorable, funny shows like Vampirina, The Chicken Squad, T.O.T.S., and started on the production side of the animation pipeline as a script coordinator. We chat about making that switch from production to writing and again from writing to executive producing. About her childhood growing up as a mixed race Chumash and Mexican kid and how rare it was to see anyone on screen who looked like her family or friends and how that fueled her passion to create and pitch and ultimately run her own animated series.

 

 

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