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Lorena Hernández Leonard grew up in Medellín, Colombia in the 1980s. By the age of 10, she'd run from multiple shootings and witnessed a murder. In the intervening decades she's learned how to manage her trauma -- she wonders how kids who've survived mass shootings will do the same.

Disney’s 'Encanto' is a pop culture sensation, topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart and receiving two Oscar nods. It's also arguably the most positive depiction of Colombia we've ever seen in the media. It's about time, writes Lorena Hernández Leonard.