the League of Women Writers

Megan wrote her first play (a modern and irreverent take on the Three Little Pigs) at age 10.  She chooses to believe the laughter from the audience was at the jokes, not at the effort.

Meggie started her writing career at the Dramatic Writing BFA program at SUNY Purchase's Conservatory for Theater Arts and Film.

Katy Farzanrad is an Iranian-American chick producer, writer, and mother of two.

Denise Cruz-Castino has sold a live action short to Disney, her first feature 5 Weddings premiered at Cannes in 2018 and was released in 52 countries. 

Cara hails from the “everything is bigger” land of Texas. She can tell you this is true, especially the trucks and the portion sizes. Having grown up in the outskirts of suburbia, she optioned for a life of travel after college. 

Jessica Silvetti is an award-winning writer and director, whose distinctive voice is a result of her unconventional upbringing. Originally from Mexico City, of Spanish descent and raised in the US, she's been shaped by different cultures and views life through a bilingual lens.

The first time Lena Parodi realized she wanted to tell stories for a living was when she was four years old. She and her family had just immigrated to the United States from Italy, and everything around her was strange and unfamiliar.

Natalie Antoci has worked in a variety of writer’s rooms including Charmed, The Dresden Files, Make It Or Break It, and Level Up. She was a staff writer on Charmed, writing several episodes for the hit show, and wrote for Level Up as well.

A former Chicago punk rocker, Dana Braziel-Solovy knows how to rebel and promises only to do so for good. By creating feminist comedy and dramedy television shows, she fights the patriarchy with nothing but her computer keyboard. She calls it, "QWERTY Hurty."