Possibility Is Your Superpower

Taking readers on her journey from dictator-occupied Argentina to her duties as an executive producer for Marvel Studios, Victoria Alonso shares how anyone can live in a heightened state of possibility and use their voice for change and empowerment.

As a creative powerhouse and a former President of Physical and Postproduction, Visual Effects, and Animation Production for Marvel Studios, Victoria Alonso knows a thing or two about success. First as a young person in Argentina living through a military dictatorship, then as a nineteen-year-old newly arrived in America, saying yes to possibilities again and again laid the path for Alonso to become who she is today.

In Possibility Is Your Superpower, Alonso recounts her origin story and her decades-long ascent up the Hollywood career ladder, sharing important lessons she’s learned along the way, including turning your weaknesses into opportunities for growth, defining your nonnegotiables, staying humble, speaking your truth, and never losing sight of who you are. Drawing upon the stories of favorite Marvel superheroes, she reveals how the struggles and obstacles those characters overcome are not so different from our own.

Empowering, entertaining, and steeped in lived experience, Possibility Is Your Superpower is the story of a groundbreaking woman in Hollywood and a primer for creating your own success, taking control of your own destiny, and claiming your seat at the table.

A native of Buenos Aires, Victoria Alonso moved to the United States at nineteen, and worked her way up in the film industry, from production assistant to executive vice president of production at Marvel. She executive produced movies such as Black Panther, Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, Black Widow, and much more. Alonso has become an important voice in Hollywood as a producer, as a Latina, and as a female senior executive. In 2017, she was the first woman to be honored with the Visionary Award at the 15th Annual VES Awards for her advancement of unforgettable storytelling through visual effects. And in 2020 she was named one of People en Español’s ＂25 Most Powerful Women.＂ She is currently the President of President of Physical and Post Production, VFX, and Animation for Marvel Studios, and has played a key role in earning the studio a historic 28 Emmy nominations.