The movie is based on a young girl named Dora played by Peruvian star Isabela Moner who grows up in the jungles of South America with her explorer parents (Eva Longoria and Michael Pena) and is then sent to high school in the US. I grew up exploring Peru and Spanish was my first language – always on treasure quests and expeditions with my parents to places like Machu Picchu, years before many people visited the sacred sites. And just like the film, one of my wildest challenges was attending school in Los Angeles for the first time as a teenager after being homeschooled in remote jungles of the world!
