Carla Curiel is the co-founder of Lanugo Media Inc, a bilingual family entertainment company focused on creating culturally relevant content that promotes diversity and values through the power of storytelling. As CEO, Carla has led her team in producing and distributing over 100 animated shorts, two digital apps, award winning books, and successful live shows in 7 different states. Her integrated brand partnership strategies secured their first IP, Mundo Lanugo, national distribution via Univision, as well as numerous collaborations with companies such as Google, Macy’s, Samsung, Scholastics and Youtube. Carla is also a sought-out Latina mom speaker regarding raising bilingual and bicultural children, a contributor to Univision’s Despierta América, and has been featured in Huffington Post, Un Nuevo Día, Al Rojo Vivo, NBCLatino, and CNN en Español, amongst others.
The holiday season can be challenging for bilingual and bicultural families such as ours. My daughters are now 8 years old. From the get-go, I worked hard to foster the Spanish and Latino culture (our heritage). I naively believed that if I did that, I’d be set by the time they started elementary school. As …