Gotta Kick It Up Latina Resilience

#FBF way before East Los High and Glee there was Disney Channel’s Gotta Kick It Up! 📺 ⠀ A pelicula ahead of its time and a celebration of Latina resilience and female empowerment, this original movie featured Camille Guaty (Daisy) 🇨🇺& 🇵🇷, America Ferrera (Yolanda)🇭🇳, Suilma Rodriguez (Marisol), Jhoanna Flores (Alyssa), and Sabrina Wiener (Esmeralda). ⠀ Fun Facts: ✨The movie released in 2002, 18 years ago! ✨Latino cast and crew, Directed by Cubano-American 🇨🇺 Ramón Menéndez, Mexican-American 🇲🇽 screenwriter Nancy De Los Santos ✨The phrase “Si, se puede” aired on Disney ⠀ Nancy: “I am extremely proud of getting “Si, se puede” into the script, and onto the television screen, it was great to hear these words spoken on television.” ⠀ Who else watched it? 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️