“Zootopia 2” producer Yvett Merino had an unconventional start at the Walt Disney Company. She wasn’t in storyboard rooms or art school corridors, but rather in the back halls of the studio, temping and learning the company from the inside out, one unglamorous job at a time.
In a business that loves a great origin story, Merino’s is refreshing as an outsider who has taken a very deserved seat at the Hollywood table. She was a sociology major who planned to go into social work, took a detour for “emotional survival,” and then slowly — and almost accidentally — built the resume that makes a modern producer invaluable.
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