Sana Amanat es la editora de Marvel que tiene entre sus créditos a Ultimate Comics Spiderman aka Miles Morales, el primer afroamericano y latino, así como Captain Marvel y la cocreación de la primera serie protagonizada por una superhéroe musulmana: Ms Marvel. En este TEDxTeen habla sobre la creación de héroes e historias que nos desafíen, los prejuicios y la identidad cultural, la representación en comics y más.
“One of my favorite mottos, I actually have it written on a post-it over my computer. I look at it every single day. It was said by a poet named Rumi and it goes, ‘Do not be satisfied with stories, that which has come before. Unfold your own myth.’ And that is our challenge. Every single one of us, no matter the categories we have inherited. We must unfold our own myth. And it won’t be easy. We’re constantly navigating, rearranging, reinventing others’ expectation of ourselves everyday. But every word we write in the narrative of our own lives, we come closer to uncovering what’s beneath our own masks, maybe even embracing that true misfit, that true crazy one within. Oh, it’ll be a fight, that’s for sure, but that battle for your soul, for your authentic self. It’s worth it, isn’t it? It’s bold, it’s brave. In fact, I would say it’s heroic. So now, it’s your turn: tell me your story.”