Elena's story is universal. Elena is a young princess who was trapped for 41 years by an evil sorceress - inside a magical amulet - while her grandparents and sister were protected within a magical painting. Now that she's free, Elena must now learn to rule as crown princess.

Aside from the tasteful cultural representation, Elena of Avalor also wins big points for the positive and feminist portrayal of its titular heroine. After losing her parents to an evil sorceress, Elena, a sixteen-year-old princess, is busy trying to figure out how to rule the land of Avalor.

Craig Gerber Craig Gerber is an American executive producer and creator of children's television programming, best known for Disney Junior's Sofia the First, which ran from 2012 to 2018 and Elena of Avalor, which ran from 2016 to 2020 and Firebuds which began airing on September 21, 2022.

Disney has not specified that Princess Elena is Hispanic, but rather that she's "inspired by diverse Latin cultures and folklore." Wendy Carrillo, writer for The Flama, the first digital network for English-speaking Hispanic millennials, explains more.

As it stands, Elena is an excellent role model -- imperfect and impulsive but eager, determined, and kind. A few scenes of sorcery might be scary for very little kids, and one results in the presumed death of two characters (though it's not shown and only alluded to).

Personality. Elena has the heart and mind of a true leader. She is devoted to the welfare of her subjects, her family, and her friends. She is shown to hold her father in high esteem and looks to him for inspiration.

Latina princess The series features Aimee Carrero as the voice of Elena, a Latina princess.

Aimee Carrero (born July 15, 1988) is a Dominican actress. She is known for voicing Princess Elena on Disney Channel's Elena of Avalor and Adora/She-Ra in the Netflix series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.

The Kingdom of Avalor is based on Latin American countries like Mexico. The use of wrought iron and tile in Avalor Palace takes cues from the Caribbean, the Spanish colonial and Mexican architecture. Avalor's Mooncliff Mountain and Suncliff Temple are inspired by the Mesoamerican pyramids of Teotihuacan.

According to a Disney spokeswoman, Sofia has a mixed fairy-tale heritage; her mother and father are from Galdiz (which is based on Spain) and Freezenburg (which is based on Scandinavia), respectively.

This first pre-teen/teen chick-lit book in the “Princess Diaries” by Meg Cabot is published by HarperCollins Publishers. The Princess Diaries is written for kids ages 12 and up.

16-year-old ELENA OF AVALOR centers on 16-year-old Elena (voiced by Aimee Carrero), a princess who recently saved her kingdom from the clutches of an evil sorceress after having been frozen in time in a magical amulet for decades.

Elena has the heart and mind of a true leader. She is devoted to the welfare of her subjects, her family, and her friends. She is shown to hold her father in high esteem and looks to him for inspiration.

According to a Disney spokeswoman, Sofia has a mixed fairy-tale heritage; her mother and father are from Galdiz (which is based on Spain) and Freezenburg (which is based on Scandinavia), respectively.

Twenty-year-old Prince Hugo proposes to Sofia on her 19th birthday, and she happily accepts!

Sofia the First is an American animated fantasy children's television series created by Craig Gerber.