The Latinx Disney Characters You Need to Know and Love

Chanel (Adrienne Bailon) and Dorinda (Sabrina Bryan) are a part of a group of high school friends who form the band "The Cheetah Girls" in hopes of winning a talent show.

America Ferrera plays Yolanda, a high school student in a largely Latino Southern California school who convinces her biology teacher to start a dance team with a few of her friends.

Gabriella is a part of a group of "soul skaters" who skate for fun and not money. However, when one skater leaves the crew to join a for-profit team, Gabriella and her teammates express concern.

Bonnie acts as a friend to the lead character, Kyle, who attends an Irish carnival, gets a gold coin stolen, and essentially morphs into a leprechaun. The closing scene features both Bonnie and Kyle singing "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie.

Krissy Perez plays 14-year-old Corrie Ortiz, a young girl who dreams of becoming a jockey despite her father's passing in a horse-racing incident.

Known as a bit of an antagonist on the TV series The Proud Family, LaCienega is the main character Penny's snobby cousin who is also wealthy, beautiful, and rather popular.

The title character of the TV series of the same name, Elena Castillo Flores is a teenage princess who has saved her magical kingdom of Avalor from an evil sorceress and thus must now learn to rule as its crowned princess. She's the first Latina Disney princess.

Elena's little sister in Elena of Avalor is known for being creative and bookish and is a big believer in keeping promises.

Emperor Kuzco, also a title character in The Emperor's New Groove, is known for being a spoiled teenage emperor of the Inca Empire whose snarky personality gets him transformed into a llama.

Cruz from Cars 3 is known for her bright and bubbly personality, which perfectly fits her yellow exterior. In the film, she steps in to try to train Lighting McQueen to win the Florida 500.

This 2017 film centers on Miguel, an aspiring musician desperate to prove his talent despite his family's longtime ban on music. He ultimately finds himself in the Land of the Dead, leading to various adventures and an amazing journey.

The spunky (if not a little trigger-happy) rooster is one of Disney's "vintage" Latino characters, having first appeared in the 1945 animated film The Three Caballeros. While still known for sporting his sombrero and being a fast talker, his holsters and guns are notably absent in more recent renditions of the film.

The leader of a village in Kuzco's empire in The Emperor's New Groove, Pacha, ultimately helps the emperor-llama turn his attitude around.

Played by Javier Bardem in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Captain Armando Salazar meets a young Jack Sparrow, who leads him into a cave at the Devil's Triangle, destroying his ship and cursing his crew while also transforming them into live ghosts.

Selena Gomez played Alex Russo, a Mexican-American wizard on the Disney Channel show Wizards of Waverly Place — she even had a quinceañera in one of the episodes. The show lasted four seasons and spun a couple of Disney Channel original movies.

Who could forget this lovable pooch from Oliver and Company?

Harley tries to prove herself to her family as an inventor in Stuck in the Middle. One episode featuring gymnast Laurie Hernandez dealt with Harley's sister Georgie's desire to embrace her Latinx roots.