Carmen Sandiego

A post on the Miss Representation Media FaceBook page sharing a link had me at "Carmen Sandiego". The poster at Miss Representation shared this quote from the essay by Frances Martel of The Mary Sue

"Sandiego has a particular impact on girls—or, at least, had a particular impact on me—because she was a symbol of cultural rebellion. She is the first major American pop culture example of a mischievous yet beloved hero who also happens to be both a woman and a Latin American."

While I never watched the TV show, I certainly played the video game. Not even when the game came up in my digital autobiography last did I give Carmen the full attention I now see she deserves.