City Kidz NexGen Production Team

Meet The Team

Recent Graduate of the University of Southern California (USC)
Master of Fine Arts in Animation & Digital Arts • Class of 2026

Hanqian is passionate about cinematic storytelling and creating meaningful animated experiences. She specializes in lighting, rendering, and visual development, helping bring original stories and imaginative worlds to life.

Recent Graduate of Pratt Institute
Master of Fine Arts in Animation • Class of 2026

Louis is passionate about bringing expressive characters and memorable stories to life through animation. He contributes to character animation and visual storytelling, helping create engaging performances that connect with audiences.

Recent Graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Master of Arts in Animation • Class of 2025

Pragya is passionate about creating immersive digital experiences that inspire curiosity, learning, and creativity. She contributes to environment design and visual storytelling, helping create engaging animated worlds and interactive experiences.

Current Graduate Student at Fairleigh Dickinson University
Master’s in Animation • Expected 2027

Srilaya is passionate about bringing characters to life through expressive 3D animation and performance. She contributes skills in character animation, facial animation, 3D modeling, lighting, and rendering, helping create believable performances and engaging visual stories.

Recent Graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in 3D Technical Animation • Class of 2026

Diya is passionate about blending creativity and technology to create innovative animation experiences. She contributes to technical animation and real-time production, helping bring original stories and characters to life.

Recent Graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Bachelor’s Degree in Storytelling & Concept Development

Zaria is passionate about storytelling and creating meaningful characters and imaginative worlds. She specializes in concept art, character design, and visual development, combining her love of art, acting, and voice performance to bring expressive characters and original stories to life.

Recent Graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation • Class of 2026

Charles is passionate about creating immersive worlds and compelling visual stories through animation. He specializes in visual development, environment design, illustration, and world-building, helping bring original characters and imaginative environments to life while supporting the creative vision from concept through production.

Recent Graduate of Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Arts • Class of 2026

Stanley is passionate about creating expressive characters and compelling animated stories that connect with audiences. He contributes to character animation and visual storytelling, helping bring original characters and imaginative worlds to life.

Recent Graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in 3D Technical Animation • Minor in Illustration • Class of 2026

Caitlin is passionate about blending artistic creativity with technical precision to bring stories and characters to life. She contributes to technical animation and visual development, helping create original characters and engaging animated experiences.

Recent Graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Effects • Class of 2026

Riley is passionate about creating immersive digital environments and cinematic visual effects that bring animated worlds to life. He contributes to environment development, visual effects, lighting, and procedural workflows, helping create visually compelling worlds and engaging animated experiences.

Recent Graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Technical Animation • Class of 2026

Shreya is passionate about creating memorable characters and immersive animated worlds. Through the City Kidz NexGen Animation Fellowship, she collaborates with fellow artists while continuing to grow as a character artist and technical animator.

Current Undergraduate at DePaul University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Animation

Dominic is passionate about combining creativity and technology to build innovative animation solutions. He contributes to technical animation and production workflows, helping create efficient processes and engaging animated experiences.

Current Undergraduate at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts • Class of 2027

Simran is passionate about creating immersive 3D environments and bringing animated worlds to life. She contributes to environment art, prop modeling, virtual production, and VFX workflows, with experience in Unreal Engine and Maya, while continuing to develop her skills in technical art, procedural modeling, and materials.

Current Undergraduate at Ringling College of Art and Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Computer Animation

Val is passionate about character-driven storytelling and creating memorable animated performances. She contributes to character animation, visual development, and visual storytelling, helping bring expressive characters and engaging cinematic experiences to life.

Current Undergraduate at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in 3D Technical Animation

Vani is passionate about bringing expressive characters and memorable stories to life through animation. She contributes to character animation and visual storytelling, helping create dynamic performances and engaging cinematic experiences.

Current Undergraduate at Parsons School of Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration

Eva is passionate about creating imaginative characters and visually engaging worlds through art and storytelling. Through the City Kidz NexGen Animation Fellowship, she collaborates with fellow artists while continuing to grow as a designer and visual storyteller.