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Halima Lucas 鈥�13 was sitting in the audience at Television City in Los Angeles at the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 3rd Annual Children鈥檚 & Family Emmy Awards, listening closely to hear if her show, 鈥淢oon Girl and Devil Dinosaur鈥� had  for Outstanding Writing for a Children's or Young Teen Animated Series.

In fact, she was listening so closely she completely missed the announcement making her  when the host read the name of the episode she鈥檇 worked on, "Dancing With Myself,鈥� rather than the show鈥檚 full title.

Despite the shock, Lucas was able to maintain composure as she collected the award. 鈥淚 kept it really together compared to how I was feeling inside, which was like, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t was very magical, very powerful and an unforgettable night.鈥�

Lucas, a recent Distinguished Young Alumni Award winner, is an associate story editor for the show, which is produced by Disney Television Animation and Marvel Animation. A Stockton native, Lucas said she was drawn to filmmaking after a realization that she could cultivate conversations and connections in communities in an accessible way through media.

鈥淏eing from Stockton and being raised in Stockton really informed the kinds of stories that I wanted to tell, and I don't take accomplishing this or being where I'm from lightly at all because I know what it's like for things to feel so far and out of reach.

鈥淚 know what it's like to watch a ton of movies, and everything is set in Los Angeles or is set in San Francisco, or it's set everywhere but where you're from. When you don't see it reflected on screen, it makes you think it's not important, because stories, what we put on TV, what we make movies about, what we put in books, they highlight to us who and what is important. When you're not in that, the default is you think you're not important, or you didn't play an important role.鈥�

Lucas said she takes any opportunity to highlight her hometown and elevate the Stockton community. This kind of representation and experience is a theme she says is central to the show.

鈥淭hat is what 鈥楳oon Girl鈥� is all about, truly. This show is about someone who is just this little girl who cares about her community so much she becomes a superhero. I'd call it a biopic if it wasn't so fantastical.鈥�

Reflecting on her time at Pacific, Lucas said she was empowered to nurture her curiosity and hone in on how she wanted to make a difference in the world through her storytelling.

鈥淢y time at Pacific, in all the programs and courses that I took, consistently asked the question, 鈥榳hat is your why? Why do you want to do what you're doing? How do you want to impact the world? How do you want to leave it better, and how can you do that while you're pursuing what you want to do?鈥� That gave me such crystal-clear clarity that it didn't matter if I was filming with my siblings in my house with the camcorder or shooting a film that would then get licensed on HBO. It still had the same through line because I was very clear about my purpose coming out of Pacific,鈥� Lucas said.

For Tigers who want to follow her footsteps in the industry, she has one piece of advice: have the audacity.

鈥淏e bold. Do the thing that you know seems crazy. Be relentless in your audacity to make the world a better place in the way you envision it. Have the audacity to do the thing that you know is sewn inside of you and be open to how it manifests because it may be in a way that you don't expect it.鈥�