Special 11 | Conversations With Latina Squad Executives

Executives from Blumhouse, FX, MAcro, and Sage Works On Building Hollywood’s Next Generation

Julia Balleza

Greta Fuentes

Adriana Martínez Barrón

Chika Igwilo

Today we're serving you a special episode in collaboration with Latina Squad, the community of Latina executives launched by Christine Davila, reshaping Hollywood.

Carolina sat down with three of her fellow squad members:

Julia Balleza (VP of Development and Programming, Blumhouse Television), Greta Fuentes (MACRO, where she started as Charles King's assistant the day he left WME to build the company), and Adriana Martínez Barrón (former Netflix exec, now running Stacey Abrams's production company Sage Works). We're also honored to feature Chika Igwilo, SVP of Development at FX, as our guest of honor.

Chika was awarded the Catalyst for Change award at the organization's second annual Creative Honors, recognizing her impact across two decades in the industry.

Together, we discuss the career-defining gambles they didn't see coming, what it actually means to advocate for a project no one else believes in yet, and what they hope the next generation inherits. I hope this convo fills your sails with wind!

xx cg

“When you start with that kernel of human truth, you can build the world and the mythology around it so many different ways.” - Chika Igwilo

Episode Transcript