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Disney s latest animated movie got help from a Stanislaus State professor. What he did
The Modesto Bee 4/28/2021 John Holland, The Modesto Bee
Apr. 28 Disney created Raya and the Last Dragon, its first animated film with a Southeast Asian heroine, with help from an anthropologist in Turlock.
Associate Professor Steve Arounsack consulted on the production over about two years, while continuing to teach at California State University, Stanislaus.
Arounsack helped to assure that Raya s fictional story was true to the region that inspired it. He was born in Laos himself and fled at 4 with his refugee family in 1980, eventually coming to Modesto. He has taught at Stan State since 2005, often helping students from various immigrant backgrounds tell their own stories.