“The responsibility to use my voice comes from my mom,” she says.

She also raises awareness about poverty and LGBTQ rights. She’s the first-ever global ambassador for the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation, introducing Latin music and educational programming to students. I was always very deeply passionate about justice and human rights.”Īs a UNICEF ambassador, Carson has been fighting for accessible education for young girls around the world. “Being in this industry, though, I realized the importance of using my voice and the responsibility that I had. “My mom and my sister were always very loud and unafraid to say exactly what they felt, but I wasn't usually like that,” Carson says. Ironically, the first lyric of “LOUD,” a track on Carson’s debut album begins “Confrontation never has been my strength….” And while it’s easy to guess this is where Carson deviates from Cassie, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Sofia Carson attends Netflix Purple Hearts special screening at The Bay Theater on Jin Pacific Palisades, California. Instead, she persists, fights and speaks up for marginalized people and communities, refusing to compromise her beliefs. But even though her life is heavy with trauma and injustice, Cassie isn’t jaded. Cassie juggles multiple jobs to make ends meet and has seen firsthand how the government mistreats immigrants like her mother. As a Type I diabetic, Cassie is forced to navigate a health-care system fraught with red tape just to get the insulin she needs to survive. In the film, Cassie’s support from her mom, Marisol Salazar (played by Escandon) is unconditional. Fittingly, Laura Char Carson is also an executive producer on Purple Hearts. But she’s also bringing someone else along for the ride: her mom.

They were part of every aspect of storytelling.” Now Carson is finally joining the ranks of the trailblazing women she grew up admiring. “They were directors, producers and Oscar winners. “They weren't just singers, songwriters or Grammy winners,” Sofia says.

“So I learned an enormous amount about the entire process.”Ĭassie prepares to play her song “Come Back Home” to Luke over video chat.Īt a young age, Laura Char Carson introduced her daughter to Jennifer Lopez, Barbra Streisand and Cher. “I had never been involved with a project from start to finish,” she says. But Purple Hearts is her biggest venture yet, especially now the multi-hyphenate is adding a couple of new hyphens to her resume: She’s also executive producer and soundtrack writer of the film. From her breakout role as Evie in the Disney Channel musical franchise The Descendants to her self-titled debut album released in March, Carson has always been hands-on with her projects. I literally parked outside the studio just sobbing and shaking.”Ī case of the nerves can be expected before any new artistic endeavor, but the 29-year-old says her new romantic drama was different from anything else in her career to date. “Getting into this project, I was terrified, and I had never felt that scared before,” the actor and singer-songwriter tells Tudum. And it turns out that was exactly what Sofia Carson needed too before tackling her latest film, Purple Hearts. Sometimes all you need is a phone call with your mom.

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