With a series premiering on Indigenous Peoples' Day, Karissa Valencia is part of an important team, what she calls the "Native Avengers of Hollywood." Valencia is the creator, showrunner and executive producer of "Spirit Rangers," a new animated show on Netflix.
"Spirit Rangers" follows siblings Kodi (Wačíŋyeya Iwáš'aka Yracheta), Summer (Isis Celilo Rogers) and Eddy Skycedar (Talon Proc Alford) whose parents (Kimberly Guerrero as Mom and John Timothy as Dad) are both park rangers at a fictional national park in California. Promoted by their parents to Junior Rangers, the kids also have a secret: they can transform into spirits with super powers in order to protect the park and help the creatures who call it home. Kodi's Spirit Ranger is a grizzly bear cub, sister Summer's is a red-tailed hawk and the baby of the family, Eddy, transforms into a turtle.
