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We're Sharing Stories of Artists and the Teachers Who Changed Their Lives
Animator and illustrator Sanjay Patel and his high school teacher at San Bernardino High Julie Tabler reunited at our studios at KPCC.
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We're Sharing Stories of Artists and the Teachers Who Changed Their Lives
We’re trying something new: reuniting people who are working in the arts and entertainment today with the teachers and mentors who changed their lives – people like Sanjay Patel and his high school art teacher, Julie Tabler.
Patel is an accomplished illustrator and animator. He's worked on animated hits including "Monsters, Inc." and "The Incredibles" films, and a short film he directed while at Pixar called "Sanjay’s Super Team" was nominated for an Oscar in 2016.
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But before all of that, he was a quiet kid at San Bernardino High, sitting in the back of Tabler's art class.
We reunited the two of them at KPCC.
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