Encanto’s Charise Castro Smith on Why Representation Matters.
In a conversation with Oprah Daily’s Gayle King, the co-director and co-writer talks about why making the blockbuster movie was so important and how her own grandparent served as inspiration.

Hearst and Oprah Daily’s From Our Abuelas project in partnership with Lexus records the wisdom and life experiences of Latinx grandmothers in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The podcast invites you to pull up a chair and listen in on these extraordinary conversations in real-time—fifteen episodes of incalculable insight!

Podcast Production Credits: Executive Producers Ryan D’Agostino, Shirley Velasquez Andrea Stanley of Hearst Media, Inc; Production Team Porsha Williams Gates, and Melissa Alatriste-Sanchez of Porshanality Media, LLC.
Voice Overs: Oprah Winfrey of Oprah Daily; Melissa Alatriste-Sanchez, and Porsha Williams Gates of Porshanality Media

Full editorial: https://www.oprahdaily.com/interactive/a41281402/from-our-abuelas/