Karla Reyes

Bio

Karla Reyes is an award-winning game developer and founder & creative director of Anima Interactive, a socially conscious indie games studio developing Take Us North. Prior to founding Anima, Karla developed games at Square Enix and Niantic and also helped build Code Coven, a global classroom and accelerator for underrepresented creators. Karla’s work has been featured in WIRED, NPR, El País, and others. When not making games, Karla is an active mentor, public speaker, and DJ/radio presenter. She recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for her project, Take Us North, a narrative adventure/survival game that follows the journeys of migrants and asylum seekers on their way to cross the US-Mexico border.