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Sal Perez
Sal Pérez (Photo: Sesame Workshop)

Sal Pérez named first Latino VP and executive producer of Sesame Street

February 9, 2022 by Veronica Villafañe

Sal Pérez has been promoted to vice president and executive producer of Sesame Street Production.

A first generation Mexican-American, he is the first Latino EP of the iconic children’s series.

Pérez will manage production and creative direction of Sesame Street, as well as related domestic social impact productions and digital projects starting with the upcoming 53rd season, scheduled to debut in the fall.

Pérez has spent a cumulative 14 years producing international and domestic content for the nonprofit organization behind the worldwide known series.

Over the past year, he has worked with the domestic production team as Sesame Street’s supervising producer, overseeing production of Sesame Street Season 52, See Us Coming Together: A Sesame Street Special,  the second season The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, and other projects.

In his previous role as Sesame Workshop’s senior director and supervising producer for international content, he managed creative and production on a wide array of projects in regions including LATAM, Brazil, Europe, and China.

Pérez has also produced bilingual content for many of the organization’s biggest social impact initiatives, including Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children and a public service announcement campaign to encourage participation in the 2020 census. During the pandemic, he oversaw creation of animated Sesame Street Muppet resources that reached families across 30 countries in ten different languages.

Pérez began his career as a producer on Plaza Sésamo, the Mexican co-production of Sesame Street with broadcaster Televisa. He also produced Sesame Amigos, a Spanish-language series for Univision in the United States.

In addition to his work with Sesame Workshop, Perez has worked as a producer for scripted and unscripted television in Mexico on projects including the first season of Mexico’s Got Talent (Fremantle Mexico).

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Most recently, a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

She is also a Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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