Carolina Garcia

Interview
Written By Michelle LeClerc

Meet the real puppet-master behind some of Netflix’s most supernatural series

Carolina Garcia is Director of Original Series at Netflix. She also has the most beautiful name ever. ;D

She oversees some of Netflix's top Overall Deal talent, including The Duffer Brothers, Brian Yorkey, Jennifer Lopez's Nuyorican Productions, Archewell, Shawn Levy's 21 Laps, Mara Brock Akil, and Marti Noxon, to name a few. In her current role, she oversees shows such as Stranger Things, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Atypical, Raising Dion, the upcoming Echoes from Brian Yorkey, and many more shows you will soon come to love!

Prior to her work at Netflix, she was at Twentieth Century Fox for nine years - and before that, she graduated from the University of San Diego. Carolina was born in Tucuman, Argentina, and raised in Claremont, California.

Carolina was featured on CNN in 2021, as one of Forbes’ 40 Under 40 in 2020, and The Hollywood Reporter’s 35 Under 35 in 2019.

Gems this week include:

  • Why Carolina Garcia does NOT consider herself a producer.

  • How to not be defined by your job.

  • And, how to navigate impostor syndrome.

Tune in!

xx cg

“All that matters is how you do the role that you’re doing. That’s how people are going to see you: based on your work, your character, how you operate in the world, and the type of work you do.

- Carolina Garcia

Episode Transcript

Michelle LeClerc

Michelle strives to add context and meaning to the exponentially growing world of design. Recently served as the Creative Director at Beutler Ink, a strategic creative agency specializing in research, writing, and design. Michelle has developed design and data visualization for social justice organizations like Campaign Zero, Be a Hero, and Yale’s The Justice Collaboratory and Freedom Reads. In 2017, she created the data visualization for Elizabeth Warren’s book, This Fight is Our Fight, a #1 New York Times bestseller. In 2019, on behalf of Campaign Zero, she led the data visualization for the first police scorecard in the US, which sought to identify urgent issues surrounding police accountability and propose best-practice solutions. Michelle’s commitment to quality design extends from the office to the classroom—she teaches Infographic Design at Temple’s Tyler School of Art.

www.michelleleclerc.com
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