Elena of Avalor

Karla sent me a picture of the ceremony from Instagram during work today. Princess Elena of Avalor, Disney's first Latin princess, has been inducted into the Official Disney Princess Court. We have our first Hispanic princess.

I cried. I actually cried when I saw the picture at work. I know that probably sounds ridiculous. But I don't care. I spent SO. MANY. YEARS. Swearing up and down that there would never be a Hispanic princess. I said that Latin Americans didn't have royalty like that and so Disney may never see a purpose in making one up. At the very least, I doubted it would happen in my lifetime. But wow. I was wrong. I've never been so happy to be wrong.

I cannot express what this means to me or how important this is for young Latinas everywhere. These are such happy tears I'm shedding. Little girls will see a beautiful female leader who speaks their language and has an abuelo and an abuela just like they do. I can't believe this is real. It's happened. And I could not be more proud. I'm just going to cry forever, and I do not care. This is real magic.