Breana Navickas (She/They) is a story artist, production professional, podcast host, indie animation showrunner and former black animation advocacy organization leader. They are best known for their work as the co-founder of Black N Animated and their work in the animation industry on various shows. Such shows include Disney TVA’s The Proud Family Louder and Prouder, Sofia the first Royal Magic, and Cartoon Network’s Jessica’s Big Little World.

Since moving on from BNA, Breana’s advocacy and creative works have taken her into the world of indie animation. She is the creator of the queer YA coming of age romantasy, The Three Tomes. A story about a black magical girl witch, fighting monsters and falling in love with vampires. The pilot episode is currently on youtube and second episode in the works after a successful kickstarter campaign raising over $30,000, and has a growing fanbase of magical girl and vampire romance lovers. She also is co-host of the podcast Keeping You Animated with her creative partner Waymond Singleton. They discuss what keeps black creatives going and uplifted in the current climate.

Their work as an indie showrunner has been featured in Nerdist, Crunchyroll News, numerous podcasts, online content reviews and Cartoonbrew respectively and their advocacy work featured in the LA times. Breana has worked on other notable indie projects as a story artist such as Toonrifictariq’s “Hey”, and has been one of the leading voices in uplifting and bringing visibility to black indie animation