Cultural Music Consultant

I had the amazing experience over four years of contributing my knowledge and love of Latin music as Cultural Music Consultant to Walt Disney Animation's Oscar-Winning movie "Encanto."

I worked directly with directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard, providing them with an overview of the music of Latin American countries, its songs and stories as they were creating the setting and script for the film. I also curated numerous playlists for the directors, animators and production team relevant to the movie’s context and story and character development, and had the opportunity to give several team-wide audio-visual presentations on Latin Music and culture to members of the Disney Animation staff working on the creation of the musical family story set in Colombia.

I have since worked with other directors and producers as a story development writer and consultant, and as a creator of character and contextual playlists for story development.