WE GREW UP WATCHING MEXICAN TELENOVELAS GEARED TOWARDS YOUNG ADULTS, LIKE SOÑADORAS AND MANY OTHERS—THEY EXPOSED A REALLY DRAMATIC IDEA OF YOUTH AT THAT TIME THAT FEELS SO NOSTALGIC NOW. BUT THE THING IS THESE TELENOVELAS WERE EXTREMELY EUROCENTRIC IN THEIR CASTING OF ENTIRELY WHITE ACTORS. SO I THINK FOR US NOW DOING THIS STORY IS A WAY TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE AND IMAGINE THIS WITH OUR MODELS; TO IMAGINE A DIFFERENT PAST.