Marcela Davidson Avilés

Marcela Davison Avilés is a prominent American essayist, independent producer/writer, attorney, and Latino cultural dramaturg and advisor. She is a contributing writer for the Journal of Alta California, The Mercury News and a book reviewer for National Public Radio. Her guest columns and features have been published by CNN.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, HipLatina.com, ModernLatina.com, the American Banker and Harvard University’s Revista Magazine.

Avilés served as Lead Cultural Consultant for Disney/Pixar’s COCO, and was attached as series consultant on all episodes of ELENA OF AVALOR, and HANDY MANNY. Currently she is attached to two upcoming Hollywood projects. She is a partner and Managing Director of TomKat MeDiA with Kat Taylor where she is developing a slate of projects for film, TV and podcasting, and Founder of a cultural consulting practice, The Chapultepec Group, LLC. In addition to her work on COCO, Avilés’ filmography includes 54 credited television episodes and specials.