Heroic Film Company in Toronto starts work this fall on the live-action How to Be Indie for YTV. The Corus Entertainment channel has added the comedic series to its fall lineup for next year, targeting preteens and their parents with the story of a 13-year-old girl trying to balance her family’s South Asian traditions with her Canadian lifestyle.

The series comes from creator Vera Santamaria (Degrassi: The Next Generation, Naturally Sadie) and Heroic executive producers John May and Suzanne Bolcher, who hope the show will appeal to tweens by touching on questions of identity.