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Maya & Miguel

Maya & Miguel

20046.52 Seasons70 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Centering around the lives of pre-teen Hispanic twins named Maya and Miguel Santos and their friends, the program is aimed at promoting multiculturalism and education in general. It is geared to the 5-9 age range. Part of the dialogue in each episode in the English version is in Spanish but only individual words or phrases which are explained in English.

Created by Deborah Forte
Written by Deborah Forte, Beth A. Richman
NetworksPBS

Top Cast

Candi Milo

Candi Milo

Maya Santos / Tito Chávez (voice)

Nika Futterman

Nika Futterman

Miguel Santos (voice)

Carlos Ponce

Carlos Ponce

Santiago Santos (voice)

Elizabeth Peña

Elizabeth Peña

Rosa Santos (voice)

Lupe Ontiveros

Lupe Ontiveros

Abuela Elena (voice)

Carlos Alazraqui

Carlos Alazraqui

Paco (voice)

Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu

Maggie Lee (voice)

Jeannie Elias

Jeannie Elias

Andy Arlington (voice)

Jerod Mixon

Jerod Mixon

Theo McEwen (voice)

B

Beth Payne

Chrissy Lum (voice)

Themes & Keywords

multiculturalismtwinseducationalhispaniclatin americansspeaking spanishlatin american

About Maya & Miguel

Maya & Miguel is a animation, kids series that first aired in 2004 exploring themes of multiculturalism, twins, educational, hispanic, latin americans, speaking spanish. Created by Deborah Forte, it stars Candi Milo, Nika Futterman, Carlos Ponce. Centering around the lives of pre-teen Hispanic twins named Maya and Miguel Santos and their friends, the program is aimed at promoting multiculturalism and education in general. It is geared to the 5-9 age range. Part of the dialogue in each episode in the English version is in Spanish but only individual words or phrases which are explained in English.

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