Career Timeline
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launched - SuperSpecial
launched - TRIBE Writers Program
won - naacp image awards, for INSECURE, season 4 (best comedy series)
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nominated - emmy awards, for INSECURE, season 4 (best comedy series)
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won - peabody award, writing for INSECURE, season 2
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nominated - naacp image awards, for INSECURE, season 2 (best comedy series)
accepted - wga showrunner training program
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nominated - wga awards, for SILICON VALLEY, season 2 (best comedy series)
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nominated - emmy awards, for SILICON VALLEY, season 2 (best comedy series)
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rejected - nbc playground
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admitted, oct - warner bros. writers workshop
admitted, sept - cbs writers mentoring program
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finalist & alternate, dec - abc | disney television writing program
won - 3rd place, goldwyn writing award for comedy feature, "Blame Candy"
rejected - upright citizens brigade, advanced level improv
rejected - nbc writers on the verge
rejected - warner bros. writing program
rejected - abc/disney writing fellowship
semi-finalist, august - austin film festival, tv competition for 1 hr pilot, "Rings"
2nd round, august - austin film festival for comedy feature, "Blame Candy"
semi-finalist, august - nexTV writing competition for 1 hr pilot, "Rings"
rejected - wga committee of black writers' writers assistant initiative
rejected - stanford university alumni tv writing competition for 1 hr pilot, "Rings"
top 5%, but rejected - nicholl screenwriting fellowship with comedy feature, "Blame Candy"
rejected - cbs writers mentoring program
graduated, june - ucla mfa screenwriting program (focus: television)
honoree, june - nbc diversity comedy scene showcase for short, "The HR Experience"
finalist, may - ucla mfa screenwriting showcase for 1 hr drama pilot, "Rings"
finalist, may - bluecat fellini screenwriting awards for comedy feature, "Blame Candy"
rejected - project involve for comedy feature, "Blame Candy"
rejected - ucla humanitas award for 1 hr drama pilot, "Rings"
rejected - academy of television arts and sciences summer internship in "television development"
rejected, march - nickelodeon writing program
rejected, jan - playboy magazine, college fiction writing contest, with short story, "Downward Dog"
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rejected - goldwyn, writing award for comedy feature, "Cut Deluxe"
rejected - nbc writers on the verge
rejected - warner bros. writers workshop
rejected - cbs writers mentoring program
recipient, may - nbc/naacp fellowship in screenwriting for television
recipient, may - ucla four sisters scholarship in screenwriting
finalist, april - academy of television arts and sciences summer internship in "comedy writing"
rejected - pga producers workshop
rejected - academy of television arts and sciences summer internship in "comedy writing"
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accepted - ucla mfa screenwriting program, television track, with short story, "Downward Dog"
accepted - ucla mfa screenwriting program
rejected - old spice commercial writing competition
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runner-up - mtv mash up writing competition
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graduated - stanford university
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wrote for gaieties, annual musical at stanford university
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graduated - allen high school
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graduated - vaughan elementary school
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won - texas young authors contest for short story, "Why I Want to Be a Kangaroo"
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loved by - my mom and dad