I’m a first generation Iranian-American writer & (sometimes director) raised in Los Angeles. After earning a BA in Film & Media Studies / Journalism from UC Irvine, I started working in scripted development at YouTube Originals. I worked as an assistant and then a coordinator before transitioning to the writers room on the Emmy & Golden Globe nominated Hulu/A24 series RAMY. I wrote my first episode of television and was awarded a Peabody for my work on the show.

In 2018, I was selected for the Warner Brothers Television Writing Workshop and my original pilot, UNCOVERED, was selected for the 2019 MACRO Episodic Lab Grant at Sundance. It was developed with 20th Television and Executive Producer, Eva Longoria.

Since then, I’ve written on several acclaimed shows including MTV’s UNDRESSED, 13 REASONS WHY, THE BOLD TYPE, and ECHOES, a mystery limited series for Netflix. I was most recently was a consulting producer on Amy Schumer’s LIFE & BETH and I’ve been developing my own series of shows at HBO Max, Netflix and Amazon.

On the film side, I was selected to participate in the 2018 Film Independent Project Involve Program where I wrote and directed JUST ONE NIGHT, an award-winning short film that premiered at the LA Film Festival and has gone on to several other festivals worldwide. Since then, I’ve adapted AYESHA AT LAST for Pascal Pictures/Columbia Pictures. I’m currently writing a YOU’VE GOT MAIL inspired feature called, HANA KHAN CARRIES ON for Amazon Studios and Executive Producer, Mindy Kaling.

In addition to all of my film and TV work, my writing has been featured in The New York Times’ Modern Love column. I am currently writing my first YA novel for Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers / Macmillan publishing.

I live in Los Angeles with my (new-ish) husband and a Persian cat named, Chai (or “Dirty Chai” if I’m mad at her.)