LA-based screenwriter and story nerd.
I started my career in television news, got a break from filmmaker Michael Moore and moved into factual TV and documentary, and then listened to that little voice inside that kept saying ‘Be a writer,’ and ended up at the National Film and Television School outside of London for my Masters in Screenwriting. Since then I’ve worked in film, TV and online series, as well as providing scripted content for brand agencies. I tend to write YA, love stories and intergenerational family stories - and because I studied Sociology at Harvard, I also like to explore context, meaning I like stories that make you think. As a college first-gen, SuburbiRican, and an American in London, these stories usually feature outsiders discovering a sense of belonging in unlikely ways. Since I believe it’s important to smile and to laugh even while suffering through life’s challenging moments, I like doing this with warmth and humor. Or, wait - is it humour? Yeah, so, after 15 years in London, weary of deliberating whether it’s humor or humour, I ditched my crown as Britain’s third Puerto Rican emigre (I was never going to compare to UK-based Puerto Rican beauty queen Wilnelia Merced anyhow) and moved from London to Los Angeles. I was a participant in the 2018 Athena Writers Lab, the 2022 NHMC Series Script Writers Program and the 2023 Disney Writing Program. You can watch my TV romance CALLING FOR LOVE on Amazon Prime in the UK and the USA. My recent TV romance, THE ENGAGEMENT BACK-UP, premiered on UpTV in June 2022 and is streaming now on Amazon Prime.
