Katrina Mena Rick
Katrina Mena Rick has over 25 years of diverse experience working in the entertainment industry as a professional vocalist, vocal coach, songwriter, casting director, stage manager, and producer. After graduating from Full Sail University in 2011, Katrina began her role as Casting Director for The American Idol Experience at Walt Disney World Resort. As the only trilingual Casting Director, she championed inclusion, laying the foundation for a career devoted to fostering diversity and representation in Disney Parks Live Entertainment.
In her current role as Senior Creative Producer with Disney Live Entertainment's Visual Media Production team, Katrina leads creative teams of digital artists, animators, editors, audio engineers, and designers to produce innovative, immersive content for live shows and spectaculars across Disney Parks worldwide. By combining her theatrical vision and production expertise with emerging technologies like projection mapping, she has elevated storytelling in iconic Disney productions, including Happily Ever After, Fantasmic! and Finding Nemo: The Big Blue...and Beyond!
Credits:
Disney Live Entertainment, Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary Celebration, Finding Nemo: The Big Blue… and Beyond!, Fantasmic!, Happily Ever After, ¡Celebración Encanto!
Graduation Year:
2011
